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View Poll Results: Are 42.7% of statistics made up on the spot?
Yes 3 33.33%
No 0 0%
I'm not sure, but damned if Brunelle isn't a really cool surname! 3 33.33%
Savage save us, Waxy is bored again! 6 66.67%
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Old 04-13-2011, 11:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 04-13-2011, 11:44 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Yes, they are.
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Old 04-13-2011, 11:44 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Yes. But 2,7% of them turn out to be true anyway.
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Old 04-13-2011, 11:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Oh sure, reply before I can get my poll set up!
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Old 04-13-2011, 11:57 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Yes. But 2,7% of them turn out to be true anyway.
And 99,7% of European statistics use a comma instead of a period...
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Old 04-13-2011, 11:58 PM   #6 (permalink)
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And 99,7% of European statistics use a comma instead of a period...


Love it! Heehee! In the same vein, I've always wondered why British money is so heavy...
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Old 04-13-2011, 11:59 PM   #7 (permalink)
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And 99,7% of European statistics use a comma instead of a period...
Including 67.34% of Europeans who have moved to the American Continent within the last 5 years.
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Old 04-14-2011, 12:00 AM   #8 (permalink)
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This poll is multiple choice BTW; I'm a generous frog!
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Old 04-14-2011, 12:34 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I love it when the weather man says there's a 50% chance of rain. Basically he's saying either it will, or it won't......

So, that degree in meteorology must have been pretty tough.
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Old 04-14-2011, 12:59 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I used to date a guy who did this all the time, and he did it so expertly it took me quite awhile to figure out what he was doing . . .
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41.7% of statistics may be made up on the spot, but Waxy just spews out confounded lies 99.9% of the time
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Old 04-14-2011, 01:33 AM   #12 (permalink)
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41.7% of statistics may be made up on the spot, but Waxy just spews out confounded lies 99.9% of the time
ZephyrusX tells the truth 99.8723% of the time

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I love it when the weather man says there's a 50% chance of rain. Basically he's saying either it will, or it won't......

So, that degree in meteorology must have been pretty tough.
Funny, I just realized, that is a probability rather than a statistic.

73.2% of people cannot define the difference between a probability and a statistic.

I think Wax Frog is a non-standard deviation.
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Old 04-14-2011, 05:29 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Yes! Specially for us from Europe!
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