Statistics - last time around (for me)

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Autumn <ck72198> wrote:

> We we all know statistics liek anything else in this world can be

manipulated or tasken out of context to be used for our own advantage.

That is where trust or lack of comes in, either you trust the person who

is doing the statistics or you don't, if I were to trust the person that

I would now that what they say is true with maybe an exception of an

honest error, if I didn't trust the person then I would not trust the

statistics that he presents to be true.

 

Hmmm....

 

Interesting take on things. I always trust that the statistics say what

they say. Its math afterall, and figures don't lie (or something like

that). What I don't trust is that the question being answered by the

statistics is really what I was asking. The trick to making statistics

say what you want them to is simply to ask the right question. Once you

learn to do that, you can make the stats say anything you want. And the

numbers won't be lying.

 

--

Sherri

 

Life is a great big canvas and you should throw all the paint on it you

can. - Danny Kaye

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Sherri,

 

In my career, I've put a lot of energy into sorting the statistics of others

to determine how far the truth has been stretched. I'll tell you from first

hand experience that in the hands of deceitful people, statistics can be

made to lie quite easily. However, most people attempt to use it with the

best of intentions. So, in the final analysis, statistics don't lie, PEOPLE

DO.

 

DaveO

 

 

Sherri [sherria]

 

>>...I always trust that the statistics say what

they say. Its math afterall, and figures don't

lie (or something like that).<<