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The topsy-turvy logic of trying to figure it out QED
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The monthly newsletter of the Royal Statistical Society carries a
column entitled "Forsooth!" featuring examples of abuses of
statistics by those not versed in the subject. Many are culled from
the world's media, and are usually gaffes including: "There was also
an increase of just four per cent in the detection rate, from seven
per cent to 11 per cent". Sometimes the examples are so weird that it
is impossible to work out what they mean, such as the statistic
published in an Australian newsp...
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