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The massive system already has major loopholes advocated by gun manufacturers to maintain easier access to firearms. The Senate’s proposed gun reform measures could fall victim to those same limitations.
High Court orders investigation into ‘missing’ birth, death registration data
In the big data era, huge amounts of data are being collected as a result of the day-to-day operation of organisations. While this increased availability of data brings potential value to organisations and society it also brings challenges. The usefulness or quality of this data and accounting for that quality in data driven decision making is a concern. Relevant problems associated with the quality of data include missing data, incorrect data, and the inclusion of outliers. The specific nature of these problems impacts on how the data is improved and its quality dealt with. Available methods ...
High risk of bias associated with missing outcome data (MOD) in meta-analyses (MAs) of the effects of lifestyle interventions during pregnancy on postpartum weight retention (PPWR) casts doubt on whether such interventions can be relied upon as truly effective. This systematic overview of three MAs (19 RCTs), each with high MOD rates in the subset of RCTs included, examined how MOD were addressed in the estimation of summary intervention effects. All MAs reported beneficial and statistically significant intervention effects estimated based on complete case analyses, deemed valid if MOD was mis...
1. Lost in the Post It became apparent on the 20th November that two compact discs containing the personal and financial details of some twenty-five mil...