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No one need fear metadata or metadata analysis as long as it’s summary-level data being shared. Unintentionally or deliberately using short-term trends or individual cases to generalize about the long term is a common pitfall. Thoughtful examples in the book include analyses of world population growth and climate change. The intent is not to advance any conclusions but to examine carefully the methods used to generate charts and interpretations of the underlying metadata. Other examples include analyzing stock market trends and preventing misuse of Electronic Health

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