Are 83% of statistics bullshit?

[Susano]

I don't do polls too often, but I just saw this poll on a news site:

Is $28 billion too large an award in the Philip Morris cancer case?
Yes, it's way too high.
No, tobacco causes cancer.

Do a significant portion of them play word games like this? Are all the statistics I see in the news this shoddily generated and unchecked?

 

[RosevilleCAguy]

I don't do polls too often, but I just saw this poll on a news site:


Do a significant portion of them play word games like this? Are all the statistics I see in the news this shoddily generated and unchecked?

MMMM. Could be.

 

[Ice Cold]

83 % of statistic people post are bullshit, but only 65 % percent read them and only 12 % can understand them.

 

[Silverluna]

studies have shown

that the average american believes 93 % of what he or she sees on television... Just a tip...

 

[RosevilleCAguy]

Re: studies have shown

that the average american believes 93 % of what he or she sees on television... Just a tip...

Nice to know Im better than average. They can't put it on TV if its not true.

 

[Susano]

Yeah, they do statistical studies 'n stuff to make sure everything on TV is true. It's all statistics. Figures don't lie.