Center for Data Analysis Report posted August 17, 2006 by Michael New, Ph.D.
Welfare Reform at 10: Analyzing Welfare Caseload Fluctuations, 1996-2002
Ten years ago,
President Bill Clinton signed landmark welfare reform
legislation into law. While previous attempts at reform
resulted in only cosmetic changes, the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 has had a
meaningful and lasting impact on the federal welfare regime.
PRWORA ended the entitlement status…
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WebMemo posted March 7, 2006 by Michael New, Ph.D.
A Lesson in Data and Analysis for the New York Times
Yesterday, The
New York Times published a front-page article, "Scant Drop in
Abortion Rates if Parents are Told," that reported the newspaper's
conclusion that recently-enacted parental involvement laws have not
reduced the incidence of abortion among teens.[1]
On its surface, the newspaper's statistical analysis…
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