How To Lie With Statistics?

Choose a favorable sample

Exclude inconvenient data

Use misleading averages

Change the time frame

Cherry-pick comparisons

Confuse correlation with causation

Use vague or undefined terms

Hide the base rate

Present percentages without raw numbers

Use small sample sizes

Truncate axes on graphs

Use inconsistent scales

Group data selectively

Ignore outliers when convenient

Overstate precision

Use technical jargon to obscure meaning

Report relative change instead of absolute change

Omit uncertainty and error margins

Frame results with loaded language

Repeat claims until they seem true

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