Statistacally 92.5% of all statistics... (bias, best, USA, liberal)

[MustangEater82]

...are made up on the spot.


Just saying, lots of people argueing, and I see lots of statistics thrown around without back up info.

[thecoalman]

Reference?

[OhioRules]

Originally Posted by MustangEater82

...are made up on the spot.


Just saying, lots of people argueing, and I see lots of statistics thrown around without back up info.

I polled statisticians on this a few years ago and did a statistical analysis of the results.

I found that only 87.345% of statistics are made up on the spot.

But I'm not gonna argue with your numbers. Mine be a little off. Even though I didn't make them up or anything.

[SETI_listener]

Sample EVERYONE and HOPE bias disappears. Statistics is a higher math, not a liberal art. Like all sciences, bias is present, even under peer review. Unless you are dealing with reproducible events, statistical results are best a hand-waving argument.

[whogo]

Even when the stats are honest correlation does not always indicate causation.

[Cavaturaccioli]

Ah, who cares? Five out of four people don't understand statistics in the first place anyway.

[katzpaw]

It's true, it was on FOX.

[TheHurricaneKid]

Have you done a statistical study for that statistic?