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theotherguy · 07-09-2007, 06:23 PM

The first day of my collegiate statistics class, the Prof said, "Welcome to Statistics 101. Also known as lying with numbers."

I am not saying whether the particular numbers in this thread are right or wrong, but I start to lose interest when sources are quoted stating that, "50% of Americans believe..." or "9 out of 10 doctors..." Don't like the first data set compiled by our research? No problem. We can start over again and again until we get the desired result.

I only really take one set of these things seriously, "30 Helens agree..."

07-09-2007, 06:23 PM	#41
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	The first day of my collegiate statistics class, the Prof said, "Welcome to Statistics 101. Also known as lying with numbers." I am not saying whether the particular numbers in this thread are right or wrong, but I start to lose interest when sources are quoted stating that, "50% of Americans believe..." or "9 out of 10 doctors..." Don't like the first data set compiled by our research? No problem. We can start over again and again until we get the desired result. I only really take one set of these things seriously, "30 Helens agree..." __________________ I should be working. Last edited by theotherguy; 07-09-2007 at 06:23 PM. Reason: I can't type