Eric M Russell (10/11/2014)

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Eirikur Eiriksson (10/11/2014)

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Worked for a national statistics office a while back, seen some "interesting" interpretations especially when politics get thrown in the works, very CREATIVE business:-P

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There are occasions when statisticians become less of a scientist and more like a lawyer, presenting their argument for more funding or some change in governemnt policy before the public using carefully selective facts and subjective logic. The public, even highly educated people, trust what's given to them, but those of us who work with data professionally, even if we're not formally trained as a statistician, can see through the surface of it. We're like the guys who work in the back room of the "data sausage factory", we know more than anyone else what goes into the mix; we know more about it than the folks who actually market and retail the end product to consumers.