tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504159935075650335.post8700988219559403345..comments2024-02-26T03:19:07.121-05:00Comments on Nattering Chatter: NumbersBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11569542345623047891noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504159935075650335.post-29352877956361872562009-03-09T11:13:00.000-04:002009-03-09T11:13:00.000-04:00When I took Stats at SPJC (yeah, I'm a bit dated, ...When I took Stats at SPJC (yeah, I'm a bit dated, its now known as SPC, or St.Pete.College; Junior got exorcised,hehe), the stats instructor told us there are three kinds of lies in this world. There's lies, there's DAMN LIES (he always seemed to emphasize damn lies), and there's statistics. The implied message, of course being, that if one effectively manipulates data, one can lend a sense of legitimacy to virtually any perspective. This doesn't make the pespective legitimate, nor does it make it illegitimate, it merely renders it as suspect, but isn't virtually everything suspect? After all, there is no such thing as truth, there is only today's version of the truth, which will ultimately change as more obervations are manipulated.xzentricity43https://www.blogger.com/profile/01966013533394242409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504159935075650335.post-86395960356011799762009-03-06T10:21:00.000-05:002009-03-06T10:21:00.000-05:00You said, "Numbers", and I think I sleep-read my w...You said, "Numbers", and I think I sleep-read my way to the end of the blog. You lost me with statistics, but, my ex-girlfriends Dad used to say this about statistics:<BR/>You can make statistics say ANYTHING you want, just by leaving out some information.<BR/><BR/>Your why info is usually missing from most statistics.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894709634887942674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504159935075650335.post-29796285106830431162009-03-05T19:48:00.000-05:002009-03-05T19:48:00.000-05:00There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those w...There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.<BR/><BR/>Statistics are great. I especially like reading that "25% of the ten people present disagreed with the idea." You are right to be suspicious of statistics; after all, 63% of all statistics are made up on the spot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504159935075650335.post-82617343940697313442009-03-05T18:18:00.000-05:002009-03-05T18:18:00.000-05:00pi r squared no their not pie r roundpi r squared no their not pie r roundbubbletruckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992140065469545899noreply@blogger.com