Thursday, July 30, 2009

Math Issues

I was reading some news stories this evening, and found these remarkable poll results. The study is still in progress, so I have no idea how much sillier they'll get.

I think spending money on math lessons sounds a bit smarter at this point.

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7 comments:

  1. peskypixiesJuly 30, 2009 at 11:37 PM

    Bill O'Reilly set that up, no doubt.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 30, 2009 at 11:47 PM

    margin for error = 0.71%

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  3. Rx InternJuly 31, 2009 at 3:35 AM

    Obviously the people who answered no include the likes of Big Foot, the Yeti, Nessie, the Chupacabra, and that character from the O'Reilly factor.

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  4. Chrysalis July 31, 2009 at 6:53 AM

    They say 5 out of 4 people have trouble with statistics. ;)

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  5. AnonymousJuly 31, 2009 at 1:40 PM

    Haha, maybe they used the golf scoring system in the poll, and everyone got to vote multiple times.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 1, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    This is a typical "off by one" error. 141/140 = 1.0071...

    So, it looks like the idiot who wrote the software for this poll didn't screw up the math, they screwed up counting!

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  7. AnonymousMarch 25, 2010 at 1:47 PM

    They probably displayed the results at the same time a new vote was added, so the yes response was included, but the divisor (total number of responses) had not updated.

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So wadda you think?