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When all you have is statistics, you have to guess what your customers are thinking. When you’re doing an interview, you can just…ask.
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Statistical significance is great when you have the sample size to achieve it, but it isn’t an all or nothing proposition… you can make progress with a sample size of zero.
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In… studies… interacting with members of another group reduced prejudice in 94 percent of the cases. Although intergroup communication isn’t a panacea, that is a staggering statistic.
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That something as simple as a corporate incentive system or a corporate culture is actually contributing to those statistics is horrifying. Our jobs are literally killing us.
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The most useful data has strong visual appeal, even to show simple stats…
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…statistics dictate that, on average, those born to married parents live longer, advance farther in school, earn more as adults, and are less likely to have emotional problems or commit crimes.
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When presented with a statistic that has broad implications, your first question should be about its integrity. Where did it come from?
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Statistics may produce many observations that appear to beg for causal explanations but not lend themselves to such explanations.
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Simple equally weighted formulas based on existing statistics or common sense are often very good predictors of significant outcomes.
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