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In Syria, Uncovering the Truth Behind a Number

Huffington Post Politics writer Matt Easton interviews Patrick Ball, executive director of HRDAG, about the latest enumeration of killings in Syria. As selection bias is increasing, it becomes harder to see it: we have the "appearance of perfect knowledge, when in fact the shape of that knowledge has not changed that much," says Patrick. "Technology is not a substitute for science." Huffington Post Politics Matt Easton September 6, 2014 Link to story on HuffPostPol Related blogpost (Updated Casualty Count for Syria) Back to Press Room

How statistics caught Indonesia’s war-criminals


Coders Bare Invasion Death Count


Data Mining on the Side of the Angels

“Data, by itself, isn’t truth.” How HRDAG uses data analysis and statistical methods to shed light on mass human rights abuses. Executive director Patrick Ball is quoted from his speech at the Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany.


The Panic Button: High-Tech Protection for Human Rights Investigators


Data Dive Reveals 15,000 New Victims of Syria War


Guatemalan Ex-Cops Get 40 Years for Labor Leader’s Slaying


The Body Counter


Estimating Deaths


Syrian Death Toll Reaches 60,000, Says UN Rights Agency


Carnegie Mellon Partners With Human Rights Data Analysis Group To Improve Syrian Casualty Reporting


Death and the Mainframe: How data analysis can help document human rights atrocities


Benetech Statistical Expert Testifies in Guatemala Disappearance Case


Doing a Number on Violators


Patrick Ball on the Perils of Misusing Human Rights Data


Benetech Celebrates Milestone; Human Rights Data Analysis Group Transitioning into Independent Organization


Death Toll In Syria Jumps To Nearly 93,000


In Syrian Conflict, Real-Time Evidence Of Violations


Inside a Dictator’s Secret Police


Mining data on mutilations, beatings, murders


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