The phrase
"flawed methodology" refers to a way of doing something that has significant errors or problems. It suggests that the approach or process used is flawed, making the results unreliable or incorrect.
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An algorithm that claims to predict sexuality or criminality from a picture of a face raises the terrifying spectre of profiling and discrimination, mostly inaccurate and often based
on flawed methodology.
The company said in a statement that a large portion of the current rate increase for small group plans can be attributed to the risk adjustment program, «which
includes flawed methodology that is adversely affecting nearly all insurers on New York State's health exchange.
But that number, this peer - reviewed report shows, is based on
fundamentally flawed methodologies and grossly understates the potential impact and uncertainty of climate change.
The study, published by the brand new SUNY Buffalo's Shale Resources and Society Institute and titled «Environmental Impacts During Shale Gas Drilling: Causes, Impacts and Remedies,» was also, as we pointed out, based on likely
purposefully flawed methodology.
What he found is that nearly every study that purported to prove breastfeeding led to more positive outcomes for children relied
on flawed methodology — there was no control group.
Some, including Nobel Prize - winning economist James Heckman, have dismissed the unwanted results as a product
of flawed methodology.
Economist Mike Veall has a superb piece on
the flawed methodology behind these calculations which led to the rather remarkable result that a single immigrant to Ontario is worth an extra $ 26 million in GDP.
Investors should also beware of research that claims to offer more sophisticated metrics as it is often plagued by inconsistencies and
flawed methodologies.
Airbnb fired back, saying the comptroller's office used
a flawed methodology and drew illogical conclusions.
«This is a partisan poll using
a flawed methodology,» Bishop said in a statement.
Dr Adam Harris from UCL said: «Previous studies, which have used
flawed methodologies to claim that people are optimistic across all situations and that this bias is «normal», are now in serious doubt.
The budget impact of
the flawed methodology is not trivial, according to the study.
These studies have subsequently been shown to be based on
flawed methodology (for example, low number of subjects and accidental use of a correlational score as an effect size — e.g. using R instead of Cohen's D)(Hattie, 2009)-RRB-.
The latest union complaint, in New Mexico, argues that the evaluations violate teachers» due process rights because they are «based on
flawed methodology, erroneous records, and inaccurate data.»
A recent study of red light cameras in Greensboro, N.C., relies on
flawed methodology and reaches erroneous conclusions.
Mr. Gimein continues to use
his flawed methodology to state that 54 % of loans with an interest rate of 18 % or greater have defaulted, leaving the impression that lenders on these loans have lost over half of the funds that they lent, and that losses ran roughly three times the interest rate on loans.
The lowest range (ECS values below 2 degrees) has become scientifically discredited (
flawed methodology)-- suggesting we'll see the AR4 range reappear in AR6: climate sensitivity most likely between 2 - 4.5 degrees.
The EPA's estimate of $ 23 billion in annually economic benefit appears to have been based off of
flawed methodology, contrasting with the federal government's own data suggesting an actual $ 1.15 billion annual total.
In a paper released on December 1 by the Global Warming Policy Foundation, Dr. Goklany says WHO's forecast that climate change would bring about 250,000 extra deaths annually between 2030 and 2050 is based on «absurd assumptions,» «willful exaggerations,» and «
flawed methodologies.»
Vanderbilt University's study of Tennessee's Voluntary Preschool Program evaluates a low quality early childhood program using
a flawed methodology.