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To: metmom

That wouldn’t surprise me one bit. Is that what these pollsters do - throw out the results they don’t like?


78 posted on 10/09/2019 6:56:22 PM PDT by philippa
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To: philippa

There’s a short, little book called *How to Lie with Statistics* that I believe was written in the 50’s, that discusses that whole topic.

I had to read it for one of my science classes in college and I was so glad I did.

It was really eye opening in how statistics is manipulated to produce the results you want, and yes, taking polls until they get the results they want is one of the methods.

If you can get a copy, you should, and you should read it.

Maybe your local library has it.

If not, I do recall seeing it on Amazon and it is not expensive. Reviews are interesting.


96 posted on 10/09/2019 7:14:26 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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