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Platapus · 04-03-09, 05:26 AM

The misuse of statistics is not uncommon.

A good read on the subject is How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff

Moral: If you don't know the basis (the full basis) for a statistic don't believe it.

As my instructor in stats used to tell us: 83.72% of all statistics are inflated and give a false sense of accuracy.

04-03-09, 05:26 AM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The misuse of statistics is not uncommon. A good read on the subject is How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff Moral: If you don't know the basis (the full basis) for a statistic don't believe it. As my instructor in stats used to tell us: 83.72% of all statistics are inflated and give a false sense of accuracy. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.