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Yep! Statistics are the most often quoted excuse that I have encountered in my career in quality control and used as justification to save money by eliminating the QC department.Statistics are math. Math never lies, it is incapable of deception. 2+2=4, no matter what. If you arrive at a different answer, you weren't adding 2+2.
People on the other hand can and do manipulate stats and use them to support lies.
I've taken more hours of stats than anyone should have to, and I am not a fan!
Yes. I've been through the greenbelt and blackbelt processes several times, but I'm not a belt myself. I did get invited to a two-day meeting once where we had a bunch of Senior NCOs, brass, and five blackbelts. That was the most high-power meeting I've ever been a part of. It was absolutely amazing and we made recommendations that resulted in real change.Has anyone heard of Six Sigma?
Is that a John Clancy novel?Has anyone heard of Six Sigma?
Exactly,statistics, tell me what information your looking to support and I'll include only that which supports it in my charts graphs etc. Always have to read between the lines.As the saying goes, statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is interesting, what they conceal is vital.
This can be done in such a way that if you miss the first misrepresentation, and everything subsequent is valid, the consumer doesn't realize that the whole thing is fatally flawed. You see it in the political arena all the time, particularly opinion poll data.Exactly,statistics, tell me what information your looking to support and I'll include only that which supports it in my charts graphs etc. Always have to read between the lines.
Hi CDC, can you please consider 0-19 year old people as Children so I can have a shocking headline and talking point. Oh while your at it CDC, can you please hide this other stat since that one contradicts my agenda.