Comments on: I have a poll here

By: Hardcore Bob

Hardcore Bob — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:32:57 +0000

U suck, yak

Great LOL btw

By: trite

trite — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:29:28 +0000

Original.

NOT

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:21:24 +0000

Looks a lot like Chris Patten to me, (sorry, now Lord Patten…) He was an MP, cabinet minister and chairman of the UK Conservative Party. After losing election he became the last British Governor of Hong Kong. After that gig he went to the European Union.

At least that is who he looks like to me.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:02:24 +0000

Dude, stop posting this.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:12:02 +0000

I guess you could poll people regarding whether they believed most statistics were made up.

Honestly, I laughed when I saw this but my second thought was that it should have said “research” or “study” instead of “poll”.

By: purple switch

purple switch — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:08:15 +0000

I just bet you got to meet the whole gang

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:37:47 +0000

Oooooh, nice one.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:31:51 +0000

A two tailed would need double t-test osterone.

By: peanut_butter

peanut_butter — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:55:57 +0000

FIRST

By: suicide_blonde

suicide_blonde — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:25:34 +0000

They’ve done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works every time.

By: suicide_blonde

suicide_blonde — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:23:21 +0000

Fourthed!

By: Evertide

Evertide — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:32:06 +0000

If someone tells you he’s a liar, do you believe him?

By: debbeh

debbeh — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:27:28 +0000

I wondered if that came from graphjam.

By: Ani

Ani — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:09:14 +0000

My ex always said he used stats to “control people” with his experiments. I’m dying laughing now that flaws have been found and data was tampered with. He’s a sick, sad person, which is why he’s my ex. There’s only one room for a sick,sad person in my relationships and it’s me

By: viking gal

viking gal — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:39:49 +0000

Ah ’sadistics’. A class I didn’t love…not painful, just drrrrry.

By: viking gal

viking gal — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:38:45 +0000

One tailed, or two tailed?

By: Aust Naile

Aust Naile — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:41:55 +0000

Actually if you flip a statistic over it still goes the same direction a 180 degree flip of a “\” is still a “\”. You are thinking of a reflection.

By: yak

yak — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:43:10 +0000

If you love this kind of humor….gotta go check out Yakkering.com

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:29:00 +0000

In bed…

By: purple switch

purple switch — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:26:06 +0000

Math run results in accidental abberant summoning – numerologists uncontrollably horny. Details at 11.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:23:32 +0000

Was I summoned?

By: wallFly

wallFly — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:21:32 +0000

well, the easiest way would be to use ficticious people

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:19:50 +0000

Not exactly sure how an opinion poll should show statistics to be made up.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:18:25 +0000

But then again, around here being a deviant seems to be the standard.

By: wallFly

wallFly — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:38:20 +0000

89% of stats are made up 93.6% of the time, and 100% of stats can be made to say whatever you want.. 63% of the time. on a tuesday, preferably.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:34:32 +0000

Oh all right, I guess it’s normal to be average.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:33:32 +0000

(That’s what Clinton did after saying he he did *not* have sexual correlations with that woman).

By: purple switch

purple switch — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:33:28 +0000

Now now, don’t be mean, it’s just his mode of discourse.

By: nirvana

nirvana — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:30:24 +0000

chuckle chuckle.

By: Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:07:16 +0000

graphjam WIN?

By: pittypat

pittypat — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:42:43 +0000

And it was a pretty sample minded joke.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:37:55 +0000

ANOVA you did there …

By: solnesther

solnesther — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:35:15 +0000

I learned to appreciate statistics from a poster in the school nurses office in middle school. It had Charley Brown and Snoopy and it read “100% of Smokers Die”. I loved it, you can’t argue with that logic.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:30:51 +0000

“There are three ways to not tell the truth: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

By: viking gal

viking gal — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:30:24 +0000

I ‘third’ that sentiment!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:05:48 +0000

Don’t forget to site your data source. However, ACME data source and explosion equipment was what always got Wylie Coyote into trouble.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:03:57 +0000

Ditto, I believe I fav’d it.

By: HairySexyTroll

HairySexyTroll — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:03:16 +0000

Heh. I mean the one where the paper says “we’re fu(ked” is WAY funnier.

By: HairySexyTroll

HairySexyTroll — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:02:14 +0000

The one where the paper is actually lying was WAY funnier, IMHO.

Also, if you flip it upside down, things are improving! That’s about how skewed I find stats to be…

By: nirvana

nirvana — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:02:01 +0000

Very helpful clarification, thanks.