I kinda hate stuff like this.  They say: "Every year a poor child spends in Snohomish County adds about...

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I kinda hate stuff like this.  They say: "Every year a poor child spends in Snohomish County adds about $190 to his or her annual household income at age 26, compared with a childhood spent in the average American county."

But it's not true.  What they really mean, at most, is that on average, a child who grew up poor in Snohomish County had, per year there, about $190 more in income at age 26, compared with the national average.

Those are not the same thing.  They say literally say, "a poor child here earns this much more money," but that isn't true.

They have two main problems: first, they are wording it almost as though it is predictive, when it's only descriptive.  Second, they are talking about the children as individuals, instead of averages. G+

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