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Statisticians fear Trump White House will manipulate figures to fit narrative
US statisticians are concerned that Donald Trump’s administration might suppress or manipulate public statistics that don’t fit his narrative of the truth, the Guardian has learned. In a series of interviews, individuals who have recently left high-level positions at federal statistical agencies expressed worry that the administration may stop collecting and publishing data on subjects such as abortion, racial inequality and poverty.
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That was a truth a century ago, back when "Student" was publishing results from Guinness production to forward the field. It is kind of why you always need to ask about raw data, methodology, sampling, population size, etc. The same people who were lobbying criticisms at various polls across the political spectrum for pushing different agendas already should know it is not a matter of "if" but a matter of "when". The same reason why NASA put forward this statement.