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Misuse of statistics

Search complete. 4 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Misuse of statistics".

Oct 15, 2026

Janet FoxGUEST
18:31
So this 120 is on lab work stuff, but you can find in the package inserts of vaccinations what their study trial population was.
Janet FoxGUEST
18:46
And that's why I always like to say on my show, Lying With Statistics, because most of the trials are flawed or skewed or they don't have a control group or They're not following good laboratory standards, which is necessary.
Janet FoxGUEST
19:05
I just did a show on the new mRNA flu vaccine.
Janet FoxGUEST
19:11
And the government was like, the first time they tried to submit, they're like, no, we're not going to accept this because you didn't follow your study parameters.
Jamie MulliganGUEST
10:21
details.
Jamie MulliganGUEST
10:22
So there's a friend of mine took a class in college that was called Lying with Statistics.
Garrett IrvinHOST
10:26
Okay, yeah.
Jamie MulliganGUEST
10:27
So what the myth there, the truth and the myth is the city of Greenville a decade ago probably had a population of 65,000 or 60,000, right? Greenville County, still Greenville.
Jamie MulliganGUEST
10:21
details.
Jamie MulliganGUEST
10:22
So there's a friend of mine took a class in college that was called Lying with Statistics.
Garrett IrvinHOST
10:26
Okay, yeah.
Jamie MulliganGUEST
10:27
So what the myth there, the truth and the myth is the city of Greenville a decade ago probably had a population of 65,000 or 60,000, right? Greenville County, still Greenville.
AlexisHOST
32:12
I had a bunch of them.
AlexisHOST
32:13
It was called Lying with Statistics.
Josh WallensteinGUEST
32:17
Who said lies, damn lies, and statistics? Was that Stalin or something? Yeah, I think so.
Josh WallensteinGUEST
32:21
Or maybe it was like one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.

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