This is How Easy It Is to Lie With Statistics

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This video is about how misleading statistics can be (even when the numbers are 100% correct).

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[zachstar]

Well....we'll see what you guys think of this one. I know it's a little different from usual but once I read about a few of these stories I had to make a video about the topic. Hope you guys enjoy! Next video will be about the mathematics of crime and some of the things seen in the show 'Numb3rs'.

[Denzie]

If you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything.

[Seafalcon]

YouTube occasionally gets the recommendations right.

[germansniper]

We interviewed 1000 people that have played russian roulette before. 100% of them survived the game. Conclusion: Russian roulette is completely safe to play.

[Shebbi]

I remember that I had a math exam where one of the tasks was to manipulate a diagramm to make one computer company look better than the other.

[tankmchavocproductions]

I remember my algebra teacher telling us about this, saying that statistics show people with bigger feet are better at math. None of us could have guessed that the statistic studied all ages, so it included babies and toddlers.

[jimmeade]

My father once told me "Figures don't lie but liars can figure." Good video. Thank you!

[TheoTungsten]

"If 4 out of 5 people suffer from radiation poisoning, does that mean that the 5th guy enjoys it?"

-Codsworth, Fallout 4

[yaughl]

7:00 "Dropout rates double, from 5% to 10%" is how I'd frame this data.

[cyclingcycles]

Statistics have shown that if you start a sentence with "Statistics have shown" people are more likely to believe you.

[wotershep]

It’s like saying “ it’s easier to get into Harvard than a job at Walmart”
- Walmart acceptance rate - 2.6%
- Harvard acceptance rate - 5.2%

[fireballacc]

Since there are some people with less then 2 arms, the world average number of arms is somewhere below 2. Meaning if you have 2 arms you have an above average number of arms. Good for you!

[tomwilson]

I read one on which countries had the largest increase in murder rates. New Zealand had an increase of 300 percent, however if you looked at the actual numbers they went from one murder in a year to 3 . I think I would be willing to take my chances

[samsulh]

Scariest thing about statistics is that the data doesn't have to be faked in order to tell whatever story you want to tell.

[nightmare_]

Food and water are overrated: you can live without them for the rest of your life

[bigZitronenschale]

This should be the introduction of every statistics class

[teugene]

the story of the mother losing her children and being convicted with stats really hit me... like deeply.

[alfredthegreat]

How many people have died on Earth? Everyone ever.
How many people have died on the Sun? Noone.
Conclusion: The sun is safer than the Earth.

[digitalranger]

I took a statistics class in college. The textbook was literally called How To Lie With Statistics.

[bt-sovietlighttank]

BREAKING NEWS!
Teenage pregancy rates drop by 100%!!!! after the age of 19!