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Friday, September 19, 2014

Statistics and the Media

According to the latest Gallup Poll, 60% of Americans distrust the Media. I'd say of that 60%, 90% are really not prepared to answer a survey, and automatically answer the loaded questions. So, that leaves a small percentage of those surveyed that actually understand how polls can be misleading, media reporting of the results can be misleading, and Mark Twain was right:

"...There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics..."



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  1. RobSeptember 19, 2014 at 10:49 AM

    I only agree with you about half of the time, then half of that I don't care about 3/4 of the time 100%

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  2. JessSeptember 19, 2014 at 2:43 PM

    So, 25% of the time, you are 100% apathetic? I'd say that's an accurate assessment for most people 30% of the time, and for the other 70%, 50% of the time it's accurate, within 4% accuracy.

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