2007-03-05 20:29:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Mark Twain said, 'Give me the facts first, so I can distort them as I please'...
2007-03-06 17:34:02 · update #1
statistics are really created by Spin doctors, who wish to show a particular result with real figures. Mostly by showing snapshots of a portion of the total group of statistics you can then show or prove the results you are looking for.
premeditated lies is a "little" strong but not really wrong, they are showing as I said the results they want you to see. Even the Stock market results are good example. CRASHED 470 points in a week!!! yuck wow -- but 470 out of 12000 is not really all that bad, if you look at the chart for a week it looks terrible if you look at the chart from zero to the top for a year it does not look so bad.
Such is the life of a statistic!
2007-03-05 20:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by Carl P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Approximately 50% of this statement is true somewhere around 60% of the time !! However, in recent surveys done on the average man on the street in ten of the world's busiest midsized cities--- 36 % of these people thought that at least 70 % of a similar statement was true more that 76 % of the time !!
Now I'm not 100 % sure that either of these "statistics" are facts or if they are completely fabricated by more than 90 % of those doing the studies--- but I'm at least 75 % sure that I don't care !!!
2007-03-05 20:47:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know if I'd call it premeditated lies and made up, but it is definitely a man-made science so it is far from accurate. Basically statistics is trying to manipulate something mathematically so that you're within the 95th percentile chance that you can't be wrong.
2007-03-05 20:32:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No....But statistics are often based on the same types of people, meaning that not all groups are in the same study. I don't think they are lies, but i do believe a lot of them are unreliable.I don't go by them, I need facts not opinions, but that's just me.
2007-03-05 21:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by poopski 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer understand what the media are reporting , yet I picked out 6 cases your boy out suitable lied. Palin spoke from her heart, ideas. She extensively utilized truly some his own words and comments that he has made contained in the pass hostile to him. on the perfect area of the talk his blood vanes in his neck and head were all poped out, he rather a lot lost his cool.
2016-12-05 07:47:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
statistics represent data collected on a topic, so they are not premeditate dlies, however they can be manipulated to reflect a particular point of view!!
2007-03-05 22:03:15 · answer #6 · answered by sydneygal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
90% of the time, statistics are made up 100% of the time
2007-03-05 20:32:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah partly true ratios may change depending on country or region and economic state.
2007-03-05 20:37:30 · answer #8 · answered by xeibeg 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wellnot sure exaclty on those numbers but u know i am inclined to believe it, i mean some people will just say ne thing , if it sounds good
2007-03-05 20:34:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
preconcieved notions and weighted averages...
the question you should ask is how many people here have personally participated in a political survey?
2007-03-06 00:03:38 · answer #10 · answered by alex l 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋