(He is the lead author). But the GSI figure has come under attack from other researchers for having a murky, inconsistent and questionable methodology.
His opponent, Rob Steele, as well as bloggers and the political press have seized on a recent poll of few voters with questionable methodology showing Dr. Steele a few points up in the 15th Congressional District — in contrast to other, larger polls that show Mr. Dingell winning — as a flicker of light.
He called it "a straw poll that had questionable methodology".
First to don the water skis for the shark jump was the education minster, Christopher Pyne, who vowed that he would find a new home for Lomborg's questionable methodology.
That statistic came from an audit of crime that used questionable methodology and became the subject of controversy; O'Malley was accused by both his Democratic primary opponent Doug Duncan and his Republican opponent Gov. Bob Ehrlich of manipulating statistics to make false claims.
The folks doing the ranking decide what is important to them or their audience, and, for some reason, consumers and schools themselves put a great deal of stock in the outcome of ever-changing, questionable methodology.
A Nickelodeon executive responded in an interview that the series was not intended for an audience of that age and that the study used "questionable methodology and could not possibly provide the basis for any valid findings that parents could trust".
Studies are limited and with potential questionable methodology; future studies will be necessary to evaluate its utility in a clinical setting.
But lots of things get in the way: conflicts of interest, questionable methodology, creative data analysis, publication bias, garden-variety mistakes.
Crichton's latest novel, "Next," not only preserves the hysterical tenor and questionable methodology of "State of Fear," but also completes the author's metamorphosis from steely-eyed augur of the not-too-distant future to unabashed demagogue.
But the data were incomplete, used questionable methodology and omitted to mention the most important test of all – how G8 countries were doing against the pledge made at Gleneagles four years ago to double aid by $50bn.
