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More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding (www.psu.edu)
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[–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Oh, and over 90% of 'facts' used in an argument are simply made up.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    It is well known that 73% of statistics are made up. /jk

    It's mental. On one hand, you have people demanding the confidence index for published statistics, otherwise they're meaningless. On the other hand, you have people that can't wrap their heads around percentages.

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