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Making Fair Comparisons (Ch.1)

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C Were appropriate comparison groups picked? Was like compared to like?
O Were the terms of comparison operationalized/defined fairly, and were accepted and appropriate measures chosen?
M Run a mental experiment: Do the conclusions make “back of the envelope” sense?
P Are the pictorial/graphical representations unbiased and appropriate to the comparison?
A Which factors were accounted for/controlled for (inflation, population, income) and which were not?
R Could the difference be nothing but randomness at play?
A Did you consider alternative measures of change/gain/difference (flows vs. stocks, percentage vs. percentile)
B Were base rates taken into account? Did we see both absolute and relative increases?
L Would a longitudinal/cross-sectional analysis tell a different story?
E What is the story of the edges? What is the story of the center? How are they different and what does that mean?
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