2007-10-28 07:04:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Using a statistic to show a statistic..lol
2007-10-28 07:09:25 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Mel 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
You made that up didn't you?
The fact is, any professional salesman knows how to ask a question in such a manner as to encourage you to give him the answer he wants.
Those asking the questions when conducting polls will do the same.
When they get the answers they want, they then report them as NEWS.
That furthers THEIR cause by distorting reality.
Yes, the polls are well disguised lies.
2007-10-28 07:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by Philip H 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of England
(1868, 1874-1880) .
Significant for you, Lacking Sense, again the exaggeration.
2007-10-28 09:20:39 · answer #3 · answered by toranalee 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
statistics are unreliable to base any decisions we make about our lives, because you can take a statistics and spin it anyway you want.
and when they state statistics they seldom show how they came up with the numbers, what methodlogy was used in the research etc. many times when they want to show something they will remove those facts or methods that take away from it.
so what that really means is statistics are frequently used to lie to people, so as to deceive or manipulate them for their own ends.
RRRRR
2007-10-28 07:16:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Did you know that smoking is the leading cause of statistics?
Sorry to the smokers, I just had to say it.
Statistics are easy to bend with the right mathematical tools.
2007-10-28 07:14:16 · answer #5 · answered by Mitchell 5 · 6⤊ 4⤋
Well mine is accurate! There is a 90% chance global warming will destroy us.
2007-10-28 09:18:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Whoa...It appears to be "Liberal Piss and Moan Day" here on Y/A...I guess they're just ill here at the end of the month prior to the arrival of their monthly "Government Entitlement" check and refill on their prescriptions...
2007-10-28 11:34:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
Raising eyebrow. "Uhuh."
2007-10-28 07:13:22 · answer #8 · answered by Todo 2 · 7⤊ 1⤋
"Lies, damned lies and statistics" --Mark Twain or Will Rogers?
2007-10-28 07:16:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Tell that to the YA statistic policeman trovolta stinks...
2007-10-28 07:09:28 · answer #10 · answered by I Laugh At Morons 3 · 2⤊ 9⤋