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Re: made-up statistic

by etcshadow (Priest)
on Dec 11, 2003 at 11:31 UTC ( [id://314073]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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49% of all statistics are just made up on the spot. 87% of people know that.

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Re: Re: made-up statistic
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 11, 2003 at 11:52 UTC
    87% of people know that.

    Is that subject to the usual ± 3% margin for error?

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