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Posted on 4/20/13 at 9:55 am to Drew Orleans
Posted on 4/20/13 at 9:55 am to Drew Orleans
I love how theyre talking about statistics in one of the related articles.... "3.4% of the population is openly gay, and there are 109 players on the football team"
it's a skewed sample. Your average joe doesn't get a spot on a major college roster.
it's a skewed sample. Your average joe doesn't get a spot on a major college roster.
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Posted on 4/20/13 at 9:58 am to chilge1
Retards love to point out certain statistics but leave out others.
Not to mention, it's very apparent that they have never read about or taken a class on statistics beyond the class that weirdo McKenna teaches at LSU.
Not to mention, it's very apparent that they have never read about or taken a class on statistics beyond the class that weirdo McKenna teaches at LSU.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 10:22 am to chilge1
I've been trying to drive home that point for years on here. It's really bad on the Political Talk.
Point is, most people don't understand statistics. Stats are a very convenient and lazy way to try to prove/disprove a point.
"Well statistics say that..." How many people particpated? What format was used to conduct the survey? What time of day did they participate? Where did they particpate? What was the population set/demographic you used to poll? And most important of all, was a random survey given on the streets, or did the subjects willingly volunteer their time to particpate? Because afterall, a lot of times I'm given a survey to fill out and I'm going for brevity so I'm marking "excellent" all the way across the board, even though I could probably take a little time to be completely honest and thorough.
And then after all of that, do you really think the combination of all of that plus the results are a good indicator anyway?
Point is, most people don't understand statistics. Stats are a very convenient and lazy way to try to prove/disprove a point.
"Well statistics say that..." How many people particpated? What format was used to conduct the survey? What time of day did they participate? Where did they particpate? What was the population set/demographic you used to poll? And most important of all, was a random survey given on the streets, or did the subjects willingly volunteer their time to particpate? Because afterall, a lot of times I'm given a survey to fill out and I'm going for brevity so I'm marking "excellent" all the way across the board, even though I could probably take a little time to be completely honest and thorough.
And then after all of that, do you really think the combination of all of that plus the results are a good indicator anyway?
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