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Lies, damned lies — and statistical promotion

April 21, 2012

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Lies. damned lies and statistics. This is a valid enough comment because statistical data is often readymade for use as propaganda. But now the argument is about "bogus statistics" used primarily as a shrewd, cost-effective, marketing exercise.

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