Statistics and journalism
My dad always had a saying, “Figures don’t lie, but liars will figure.” Or something like that. The other day on the radio I heard a news report that used a seemingly shocking statistic–shocking unless you actually thought about it. The claim was that online firearm sales have increased dramatically over the past 15 years. [...]
Social media statistics, skepticism, and strategies
On Deming Hill’s site I found an interesting article about why CEO’s hate social media. Particularly interesting to me was some of the data they posted as to its business benefits: Executives rely on market research to support and substantiate any designated course of action, and devour facts, stats, and data-points like shrimp at a [...]