Florida removes data scientist for refusing to manipulate numbers

[Maleficent 6]

12 minutes ago, Florin said:

Yeah, but outside of the quote taken out of context, its unclear what she was asked to do. 

The article, like the original you posted, doesnt actually show any evidence that Florida "changed" the data. They are criticized because they shared less data. 

And yet Florida was probably more open than New York and California with its data. Anyone who wants to criticize Florida authorities for this can only do it after they criticize New York, California and other states. If not, they are hypocrites. 

can't believe i have have the chance to use this video 2 times in 1 day 

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also the gatherings outside of takeout restaurants in NYC yesterday was shocking! whereas the outcry. 

also yes, she wasn't asked to manipulate data, just not share all of it on the app. 

[anonanon 932]

1 hour ago, Florin said:

Yeah, but outside of the quote taken out of context, its unclear what she was asked to do. 

The article, like the original you posted, doesnt actually show any evidence that Florida "changed" the data. They are criticized because they shared less data. 

And yet Florida was probably more open than New York and California with its data. Anyone who wants to criticize Florida authorities for this can only do it after they criticize New York, California and other states. If not, they are hypocrites. 

 

1 hour ago, Maleficent said:

 

also yes, she wasn't asked to manipulate data, just not share all of it on the app. 

I didn't post the original article, but just FYI in some cases censoring or withholding data is considered misconduct by statisticians and data scientists. And some people do consider this manipulation. If the data scientist is willing to lose her job over it and go public about it, I'm willing to trust her judgement that the censoring did cross over to misconduct in this specific case. 

I didn't say anything about the other states bc this thread wasn't about them, but I have no doubt it's messy a lot of places. 
 

[PartySick 173,151]

9 hours ago, Mister G said:

You know how that old saying goes; those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

History doesn't repeat itself, it just shows up in the future swinging a baseball bat saying "DID I F*CKING STUTTER?!"

[Mister G 10,513]

46 minutes ago, PartySick said:

History doesn't repeat itself, it just shows up in the future swinging a baseball bat saying "DID I F*CKING STUTTER?!"

Amen.