More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding (www.psu.edu)

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[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Oh, and over 90% of 'facts' used in an argument are simply made up.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

It is well known that 73% of statistics are made up. /jk

It's mental. On one hand, you have people demanding the confidence index for published statistics, otherwise they're meaningless. On the other hand, you have people that can't wrap their heads around percentages.

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