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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Same with polls. They are totally worthless.  I don't remember if it was
part of the Statistical Math class (that prof was a real character) or part
of a sociology class but how polls are manipulated is very interesting
reading.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] statistics - how-to lie with numbers


> At 9/5/2004, you wrote:
> >I had the "correct" site bookmarked at one time showing   'how figures
> >lie'  by inclusion/exclusion/juggling -
>
> Back in my college statistics class, one required reading was the book
"How
> to Lie With Statistics", author's name long forgotten.  It and another
book
> by the same author "How to Take a Chance" did more to show how by
> manipulation numbers can be forced in just about any conclusion you
> want.  Unemployment statistics have become more unreliable by the year
> since about the mid 80s.
>
>
>
> Don Bowen
> Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
> Valley Center, CA             http://www.braingarage.com
>
>
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