Comments on: The Importance of Accurate Numbers http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2008/10/the-importance-of-accurate-numbers/ Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:44:13 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: DSA Insights » Blog Archive » October in Review - Support Analytics http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2008/10/the-importance-of-accurate-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-2255 DSA Insights » Blog Archive » October in Review - Support Analytics Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:17:19 +0000 http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2008/10/the-importance-of-accurate-numbers/#comment-2255 [...] The Importance of Accurate Numbers [...] [...] The Importance of Accurate Numbers [...]

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]]> By: Jon Peltier http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2008/10/the-importance-of-accurate-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 Jon Peltier Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:38:36 +0000 http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2008/10/the-importance-of-accurate-numbers/#comment-2187 "It’s really just a matter of time before someone catches on to the shenanigans." I think what happens is when facts are presented which are so far off the mark, people think, "Wow, he wouldn't say something so crazy if it weren't true." I think that's part of what drove McCarthyism and the Red Scare. “It’s really just a matter of time before someone catches on to the shenanigans.”

I think what happens is when facts are presented which are so far off the mark, people think, “Wow, he wouldn’t say something so crazy if it weren’t true.” I think that’s part of what drove McCarthyism and the Red Scare.

]]> By: DSA http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2008/10/the-importance-of-accurate-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 DSA Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:53:33 +0000 http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2008/10/the-importance-of-accurate-numbers/#comment-2186 Is the truth always somewhere in the middle? With the election looming, it would be interesting to map out all of the "facts" that are said in the debates and show the accuracy of each claim. If anyone in the business world pulled facts and numbers out of the air, which seems like those in politics like to do, they would be unemployed rather quickly. I like to think that fabricated numbers will almost always show in the end. It's really just a matter of time before someone catches on to the shenanigans. Is the truth always somewhere in the middle?

With the election looming, it would be interesting to map out all of the “facts” that are said in the debates and show the accuracy of each claim.

If anyone in the business world pulled facts and numbers out of the air, which seems like those in politics like to do, they would be unemployed rather quickly.

I like to think that fabricated numbers will almost always show in the end. It’s really just a matter of time before someone catches on to the shenanigans.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2008/10/the-importance-of-accurate-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-2184 Jon Peltier Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:58:12 +0000 http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2008/10/the-importance-of-accurate-numbers/#comment-2184 After all, 89% of stated statistics are made up on the spot. (Or is that 98%?) After all, 89% of stated statistics are made up on the spot. (Or is that 98%?)

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