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LINK How We’re Fooled By Statistics - YouTube

One of the most disturbing parts of my education was when I took statistics. It ws disturbing because less than 10% of the students actually understood how to properly apply them and interpret the data.

BTW, I got my BA in Sociology. I chose that major because I wanted to better understand human behavior.

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snytiger6 9 Mar 10
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Israeli fighter pilots are regressing to the mean.

And the variance of their skewness and kurtosis ain't too flash either.

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65.7 percent of statistics are made up on the spot.

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When I was a psychology major, the first book our professor had us read was called "How to Lie With Statistics." It quickly became one of my favorite books. After graduation, I went to music college, but I still love that book!

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