2006-08-09 23:56:28 · 9 answers · asked by Alex 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Unfortunately, statistics can be skewed to suit ones agenda.
The best one can do, is study all that are available and with some analysis attempt a conclusion somewhere down the middle. Doubtful at best.
The best example is our own government. No one, not even Washington, really knows the "actual" debt of the US.
Part of this is a result of CPUs throughout government agencies that are obsolete with no capability to communicate with those that are updated. Billions of dollars are unaccounted for.
Much of the skewed info is politically motivated.
2006-08-10 00:13:40 · answer #1 · answered by ed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because in statistics you are dealing with Probabilities, not Certainties. Using simple statistical methods, you can get close to an answer, but using the more complex methods you will be able to narrow your answer even further to come closer to the true answer.
In life, things dont always follow a strict, clear-cut path; a few things might diverge here and there. With statistics, you can figure out what these things should probably do.
2006-08-10 08:33:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally Statistics directly deal with the human expectations and behaviour may be you are some what of philosophical nature and that is why you feel so.
Though I myself is not a genius in Statistics
2006-08-10 07:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by Jatta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Statistics are complex because 78.275368% of all statistics are just made up on the spot. (Four out of five dentists agree.)
2006-08-10 07:03:04 · answer #4 · answered by Lunarsight 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's pretty straight forward.
They give you distributions and formulas and you just figure out which one to plug the data into...
The mathematicians did all the work...
2006-08-10 21:50:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if it was simple, any fool could do it âº
As we used to say in the math dept. at CalTech, "Where there is no confusion, there can be no prestige."
Study, study, study. You *will* get better at it.
Doug
2006-08-10 08:23:26 · answer #6 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
statistics is not so complex
maybe u r LAZY
2006-08-10 07:18:10 · answer #7 · answered by corrona 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Different views
2006-08-10 07:06:04 · answer #8 · answered by EL Big Ed 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its not if you know the concepts and use a computer package :)
2006-08-10 07:15:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋