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To: caww; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; count-your-change; ...
You are absolutely right that statistics are not relevant. They are too easily manipulated.

Here's a link to a great book that will show you how that works for next time someone tries to throw statistics at you to *prove* something, so you don't get sucked in to believing that they mean something.

I had to read it for one of my college science courses when were were discussing the compiling and reporting of results. It's a bit dry and outdated as far as the examples he uses, but short and worthwhile.

How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff

1,327 posted on 01/20/2011 7:30:29 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Religion Moderator; metmom

RM — third count of metmom trying to finesse the rules. She is disrupting the thread.


1,334 posted on 01/20/2011 7:40:08 AM PST by Cronos (Bobby Jindal 2012)
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To: Cronos; metmom

What in the world is objectionable about post 1327?

Are you just randomly complaining about posts?


1,356 posted on 01/20/2011 9:39:54 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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