This is how statistics work

Written by unknown on February 13, 2020. Posted in Current News

Lies, damned lies and statistics in talent acquisition ...

“Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent’s point.

The phrase derives from the full sentence, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”; it was popularized in the United States by Mark Twain and others (Wikipedia). We apply it here to the climate alarmist narrative:


	CHICAGO	HOUSTON, TX
Population	2.7 million	2.15 million

Median HH Income	$38,600	$37,000

% African-American	38.9%	24%

% Hispanic	29.9%	44%

% Asian	5.5%	6%

% Non-Hispanic White	28.7%	26%

Pretty similar until you compare the following:

	Chicago, IL	Houston, TX
Concealed Carry – Legal	No	Yes

Number of Gun Stores	None	184 Dedicated gun stores plus 1500 – legal places to buy guns–Wal-Mart, K-mart, sporting goods, etc.

Homicides, 2018	1,806	207

Homicides per 100K	66.7	9.6
Avg January high temperature (F)	31	63

Conclusion : Cold weather causes murders. This is due to climate change.

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tom0mason

February 13, 2020 at 5:27 pm | #

Yes, and this ties in well with a book called Spurious Correlations (see http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations ).
i particularly like the idea of in the US ‘Per capita consumption of mozzarella cheese’ correlates with ‘Civil engineering doctorates awarded’ — eat more mozzarella and build more.

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Jerry

February 13, 2020 at 8:09 pm | #

Lies, damn lies, statistics and climate alarmism.

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