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Lies, damned lies, and statistics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statist...

Statistics can be manipulated surprisingly easily.

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There are three kinds of lies. There are also three kinds of comments I see in this thread:

> "This is interesting, here's some thoughts and ideas that further contribute to this subject"

> "This is interesting, here's a link to some further writing on this subject"

> "The entire concept and discipline of statistics is bullshit."

Par for the course here at Hacker News.

Hey, the null hypothesis is powerful and valuable. I, for one, and happy that all three types are well-represented; all three are healthy in moderation.

I also think that the quote fits in quite nicely here, it's not a wholesale rejection of statistics.

The quote itself isn't, but just posting a link to the Wikipedia article without explaining how they think it applies here is pretty much a wholesale rejection of statistics.

4. > "About TL:DR ...:"

Also par for the course here :)

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