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May 12, 2007
The kids are alright
"On the eve of Mother's Day, a new report from an international charity shows Canada is plunging on a scale assessing the outlook for children in the world's countries," the Canadian Press warned.
"Canada's ranking has dropped from 5th to 25th of the 43 most developed countries," Save the Children's Canadian branch told us.
And that's what can happen when you measure child welfare using completely different criteria in 2007 than you did in 2006. This rather extreme example of statistical tomfoolery is the subject of my latest at Macleans.ca.
Posted by Chris Selley at May 12, 2007 12:54 PM
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