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Authored by: darrellb on Sunday, June 24 2012 @ 06:35 AM EDT |
Statistics don't lie, but people lie using statistics. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, June 24 2012 @ 12:08 PM EDT |
Like economics there are a large number of assumptions made in statistics. The
population distribution, the sampling methodology (randomness, sample size,
outliers...) When the end results get to the press these are omitted so are the
error term and confidence limits. In journal articles these are included and
allow you to properly assess the results. There is also often an issue with
equating correlation with causation. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Wol on Sunday, June 24 2012 @ 03:24 PM EDT |
That was my point :-)
by not telling you where they are starting from (indeed, often misleading you as
to the starting point) they can get you where they want to be without actually
lying.
"Lying by ommission" - not telling you the starting point, so you end
up in the wrong place.
Cheers,
Wol[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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