Meaningless statistics

ziggy on 2002-08-20T21:41:49

Last month, 5 billion popup ads appeared around the world.

(This must be true; it was announced on the local news without a citation.)


Statistics

exeunt on 2002-08-20T23:28:49

34.56% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Re:Statistics

ziggy on 2002-08-21T01:35:43

I mentioned to my Prob. & Stat professor, Charles Mode (No, I didn't make that up), that 73.6% of all statistics are false.

He looked puzzled for a good few seconds. Apparently he believed me. When I told him it was a joke, he didn't quite get the punchline.