any examples of statistics for shock effect?

[bryan35]

eg. After the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster, a local paper said on it's front page.......
"Radiation levels in west yorkshire double!!!!!"
Whoopy doo. twice background count, which is sod all.

[mybrainhurts]

Have you noticed how the Global Warming Brigade keep the thing on the boil with the now predictable regular statement that it's......

Worse Than Previously Thought.........

[bryan35]

also this.........
www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/citizenship/resources/statistics/index.shtml#waysofabuse

[mybrainhurts]

That's useful.

Have you experienced the good Prof Brignell at www.numberwatch.co.uk/
?

[stackmonkey]

82.6% of statistics are made up on the spot (including this one)




Yes, I know it's old

[C C]

stackmonkey said:

82.6% of statistics are made up on the spot (including this one) Yes, I know it's old

Much better to have an “informed sauce”

Who can “declare that the figures you gave are only the tip of the iceberg”.