Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Statistics

Read Isaiah 37-39

Isaiah 37:12 "Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?"

Statistics can be frightening. Sometimes they are used for that very purpose—to warn people.

The math of statistics can give our creative side a headache, but it can make our logical side very happy. It can also make editors very happy.

Some articles and even books need statistics to prove a point. We will want to be careful where we find our statistics to make sure they are from a reputable source, and be careful how we use them, because statistics can sometimes be manipulated to mean anything or nothing.

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