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Wellstone ruled

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6. What you said is very true.

Reply to alwaysinasnit (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 17, 2019, 05:04 PM

Dec 2019

A few classes in Statistics was interesting. Again,never trust what the Stats say,only way they are believable is if you agree with the methods used in collecting the data to by analyzed.

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Anybody can get any poll to say what they want to say, in my opinion. [View all] kentuck Dec 2019 OP

It is all about how you phrase the questions (re: polls) in order to skew the results. alwaysinasnit Dec 2019 #1

You gave the honest answer. Wellstone ruled Dec 2019 #3

My statistics professor laughingly told us that he had no real faith in statistics because alwaysinasnit Dec 2019 #5

What you said is very true. Wellstone ruled Dec 2019 #6

Did your professor mention why people never question polls they agree with? former9thward Dec 2019 #7

It's one thing to be question the accuracy of certain polls... Silent3 Dec 2019 #2

I belong to yougov started taking surveys marlakay Dec 2019 #4