misleading statistics??

[Benny123]

anyone have any examples of misleading statistics from recent publications? nytimes.com, forbes, newsweek, PETA, cnn.com???? i need a couple examples of misleading statistics and any help is apprecaited.

 

[cpals]

15 posts since Dec 2001, that's some sort of misleading statistic....

 

[LSUfan]

Originally posted by: cpals
15 posts since Dec 2001, that's some sort of misleading statistic....

Wow!!!

 

[Benny123]

i had been a bad person, using a differnet account since i lost my password, but when i lost the other one i decided to be smart this time and just have my password sent to me again .... anyway, anyone have anything interesting?

 

[rival]

well, 54% of statistics are made up on the spot, so im sure you can come up with something

 

[LSUfan]

Originally posted by: Benny123
i had been a bad person, using a differnet account since i lost my password, but when i lost the other one i decided to be smart this time and just have my password sent to me again .... anyway, anyone have anything interesting?

Sorry no not at this moment. But. who have you been for the last few years on anandtech?

I will find some for you though.

 

[DaveSimmons]

64.2% of all students who post in the ATOT forum ask for other people to do their homework for them at least once.

 

[cpals]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
64.2% of all students who post in the ATOT forum ask for other people to do their homework for them at least once.

I think it's more around 73.8%

 

[arcenite]

100% of all ATOTers are Virgins. While not entirely true, it's damn near close.

Bill

 

[0roo0roo]

look up info from rush limbaugh, ann coulter etc. goldmines.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

They always say that the rate of world population increase is decreasing. This sounds good, but declining amounts of a bad thing is still a bad thing.

 

[Joker81]

98% of post in OT are repost or articles from slashdot. the other 2% are from attention whores. Results may be off by as much as 15%

 

[NickE]

Of all the people that post here, half can't read, half can't write, and the remaining two-thirds can't add up!

 

[rudder]

Only .0003% of the posters looking for statistics are actually asking so they do not have to do their own research. Actually that number is misleading and it is probably around 72.34%.