Made up statistics

?”An estimated 200,000 people are at risk of Coldplay this winter. If you know someone vulnerable, please look out for them.”

I’ve told you a million times before, stop lying

97% of statistics are made up.

Your more likely to sleep during the day.

Drofluf – only 50% of thats true.

“Most internet quotations are not accurate.” ? Abraham Lincoln

“8 out of 10 statistics are made up on the spot” – Vic Reeves (I think)

On average most humans have slightly less than 2 legs. (Actually I think that one is true)

Made up stats are the best sort – very difficult to disprove because there is no evidence either way.

very right

People’s opinions on here are made up of 100% fact.

Drofluf – only 50% of thats true.

Yeah but which 50% wise guy?

😉

Made up stats are the best sort – very difficult to disprove because there is no evidence either way

Ummm – that is 100% wrong.

The legs thing is true though… I’ve met people with less than 2 legs.. but never with more than 2.

Yeti – you clear don’t work it management. 😀

i get most of my stats from
SISS
swedish institute of spurious statistics
Apparently 83.2 % of what Yeti says is Fact. FACT
It is the riding the bike and excercise bit that they are not buying

Even statistics that are not completely made up can often be analysed and presented in a way that portrays the authors inclinations rather than the true picture.

There are “Lies, damn lies and statistics!”

There is also the issue of correlation vs. causation.

On average most humans have slightly less than 2 legs. (Actually I think that one is true)

That has to be true – no-one has three legs (unless you count conjoined twins) but there will be thousands of disabled people missing one or two legs.

“Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” Aaron Levenstein (I believe).

Yeti – you clear don’t work it management.

Errm, 98% of my time is spent on strategic planning, management and forecasting.

ther eis no way that only 2 % of your time is spent on STW at work I call BS but accpet you do play this game ever so well

If just 5% of policians were taken outside and shot, the people of this country would be 20% happier.

Ahh Junky, but 100% of the time I spend on STW can’t be accounted for, therefore I massage the figures a little bit.

I allowed 2% for making coffee and going to the toilet.

In terms of my STW career.

45% of my time is spend talking about me.
25% of my time is spent looking for ways to sneak innuendo through the back doors.
15% is for talking about diets.
10% for lurking.
5% for writing out posts and deleting them.
3% is for lying.

5% of my time is spent looking for ways to sneak innuendo thtough the back doors

Are you clapping for the spelling mistakes?

proper LOL at that comment but no the innuendo- i did notice it but like i could ever be as brazen as mock someone for that. If is start doing this can I become a big hitter?

You’ll always be a big hitter in my eyes… I see it was you that facebook found for me! It’s clever that place ain’t it?

I am flattered to be in your contacts though – anyway enough flirting I am off for lunch 😉

Yeti – I take it back. Strategic planning, management and forecasting no less. So no pareto analysis with its often asserted, rarely substantiated 80-20, no assumptions of 15% growth/decline/savings etc, never use predictions of inflation.
You use made up stats all the time, and many of them are very useful.