"Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics"
Last week, I delivered my fourth toastmasters speech entitled "Statistics: Lying with facts." While researching the topic, I came across some interesting stats.
1. On average, women have caused fewer accidents than their male counterparts at the same age driving the same car. However, this doesn't mean they're safer drivers.
2. Due to opportunity, children at preschool will exhibit more aggressive behavior than those who stay at home. But they're less likely to be aggressive later in life.
3. In 1936, a poll showed Gov. Alf Landon was supposed to win in a landslide against FDR, but instead FDR won 98% of the electoral college and 60% of the popular vote. The pollster used the motor vehicle registration and telephone directory to find participants.
1. On average, women have caused fewer accidents than their male counterparts at the same age driving the same car. However, this doesn't mean they're safer drivers.
2. Due to opportunity, children at preschool will exhibit more aggressive behavior than those who stay at home. But they're less likely to be aggressive later in life.
3. In 1936, a poll showed Gov. Alf Landon was supposed to win in a landslide against FDR, but instead FDR won 98% of the electoral college and 60% of the popular vote. The pollster used the motor vehicle registration and telephone directory to find participants.
posted by Keymaster at
3:29 PM
1 Comments:
The last one is pretty famous i think, at least i've heard about it before
-jamie
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Anonymous, at 5/15/2006 3:50 PM
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