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  • From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] statistics - how-to lie with numbers
  • Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 12:48:43 -0700

At 9/5/2004, you wrote:
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.

Unless you can see the questions, most polls are worthless. They are designed to be misleading or to sell a position.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA http://www.braingarage.com






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