Did y'all know that 93% of individuals quoting this statistic cite a
different one each time?
(deciding to contribute to the useless fun... is it Thanksgiving Break yet???)
David W.
At 03:08 PM 10/27/99 -0400, Dennis Goff wrote:
>No! No! No!
>The correct number is 67.943%
>Sitting alone in my office and looking for something productive to do in the
>6.487 minutes before the start of my next class.
>Dennis
>
>Dennis M. Goff
>Dept. of Psychology
>Randolph-Macon Woman's College
>Lynchburg, VA 24503
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rick Froman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:55 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Statistics statistic
>
>
>Beth Benoit writes on 27 Oct 99,:
>
>> Thought this fun "fact" might get a chuckle in class, especially in
>> Statistics and Methods classes:
>>
>> Did you know that 47.8% of all statistics are made up on the spot?
>>
>> Beth Benoit
>> University of Massachusetts Lowell
>
>I think the correct ;-} number is 79.48% (this made up statistic is
>attributed to John
>Allen Paulos as in the tagline of my sig file).
>
>Rick
>
>
>Dr. Rick Froman
>Psychology Department
>Box 3055
>John Brown University
>Siloam Springs, AR 72761
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych
>Office: (501)524-7295
>Fax: (501)524-9548
>
>"79.48% of all statistics are made up on the spot." - John A. Paulos
>
>
David Wasieleski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA 31698
912-333-5930
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dtwasieleski
"All my ideas are consistent; it is merely that
I cannot expound on all of them at the same time."
--Rousseau
