Reply #45: Look at Finkelstein's critique of Peter's analysis of Area IV [View All]

[Lithos]

Starting page 36 of _Image and Reality_, The Strange Case of Area IV

Peter's highly touted demograhic study is the centerpiece of "From Time Immemorial". Yet, this study is marred by serious flaws: (1) several extremely significant calculations are wrong; and (2) numbers are used selectively to support otherwise baseless conclusions

At this point Finkelstein goes on to examine for several pages her analysis of census data and to project his own calculations to prove his own statements. Yet Finkelstein's own calculations are off (as shown in the footnotes I mentioned above) which is problematic considering his first point of contention above. So, yes, Finkelstein does play games with numbers to try and prove his case.

But I agree that he is correct in point (2) and thankfully he rescues his own case by his very strong arguments he makes concerning her erroneous use of Citations.

Now, the point which I am more interested in academically is why no one has brought up the connection to Philip M. Hauser, ex Director of the US Census, Professor at the Univ. of Chicago and former liason to the UN on demographic issues?

Prof. Hauser obviously from the introduction had some say in the numbers and modeling for "From Time Immemorial", yet no one to my knowledge has ever explained the hows and whys of how he could let such a conclusion be reached?



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On Edit: A couple of spelling mistakes. (Only had the textarea box available to edit in).