TL;DR: One way to avoid government regulation is by simply refusing to share data that may lead to government regulation (and safer trains). I'm looking at you, railroads. _____________________________________________________________________________ Not every example I post syncs directly to the typical Psychological Statistics curriculum. I also post about statistical literacy. Like why data matters and counts. And how very, very simple data could help illuminate and solve real-world problems, but only if we can access that data. I get good and mad at organizations that avoid responsibility by manipulating and/or withholding data.  See: Organizations that  share data but in a functionally inaccessible way. Also, I created a spreadsheet (of course I did) containing several examples of times when large organizations goofed around with data so they wouldn't get sued. It looks like I should add rail roads to this list. Aside: I grew up not 10 miles from the world-famous Horsesho...