Iraq: The science of counting the dead

Publication by the British medical journal The Lancet of the findings of researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the School of Medicine at Al Mustansirlya Univesity in Baghdad recently made headlines worldwide.

The researchers estimate that approximately 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the invasion and occupation of Iraq since March 2003, including 601,000 whose deaths involved some form of violence.

A look at how scientists figured these numbers out, how their methods compare to other counts, and whether criticism of the numbers is justified, by Rebecca Goldin Ph.D: stats.org

How the mainstream media covered The Lancet’s Iraqi casualty study? A surprising inability to convey the study’s findings accurately, by Robert Lichter Ph.D: stats.org