Xander and Erik ask Dr. Johnson to help us understand the statistical bombs of 2020: police violence, COVID-19, economy, and election.
John is the author of the book Everydata: The Misinformation Hidden in the Little Data You Consume Every Day.
We’re being pummeled with statistics more than perhaps ever before: models for COVID-19 curves regionally, nationally, and globally. Police brutality statistics, and where those do or don’t indicate racial bias. A recession that acts unlike anything we’ve ever seen. And an election that’s transforming under our feet.
It’s easy for pundits to cherry-pick factoids and deceive us with them. Luckily for us, we have Dr. John Johnson, PhD Economist and statistics extraordinaire, to help walk us through how to interpret all the numbers we’re getting in our faces, how to be skeptical about what we’re seeing, and how to keep thinking for ourselves the whole time.
About Dr. Johnson
Dr. John Johnson is a PhD economist who specializes in applying economic analysis to large and complex data sets for Fortune 100 companies to help them make high-stakes decisions in litigation and strategy.
He was interviewed extensively on the polls during the 2016 election cycle on platforms such as “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson,” WTOP – Washington’s Top News, and WJLA’s News Talk with Bruce Depuyt, and others.
He also founded and leads Edgeworth Analytics.
About Edgeworth Analytics
Through education and consulting, Edgeworth Analytics empowers professionals and organizations to unlock data’s potential. Using proven methods for gathering, structuring, analyzing, and applying data, Edgeworth helps transform analytics from a source of anxiety to a consistent driver of stronger operational and competitive performance. Their unique approaches are rooted in the expertise and real-world experience of their sister company Edgeworth Economics—a firm of PhD economists who rigorously apply economic principles and hard data to high-stakes litigation, regulatory, and other challenges.
Education
John received his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his BA in economics, with highest distinction, from the University of Rochester.
And finally, here’s a great article by the good Doctor.
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