{"id":2584,"date":"2019-10-09T05:54:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T05:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/?p=2584"},"modified":"2019-10-09T05:54:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T05:54:03","slug":"distrust-of-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/distrust-of-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"DISTRUST OF STATISTICS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/distrust-of-statistics\/#DISTRUST_OF_STATISTICS\" title=\"DISTRUST OF STATISTICS\">DISTRUST OF STATISTICS<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/distrust-of-statistics\/#FIGURES_MAY_BE_INCOMPLETE_INACCURATE_AND_DELIBERATELY_MANIPULATED\" title=\"FIGURES MAY BE INCOMPLETE, INACCURATE AND DELIBERATELY MANIPULATED\">FIGURES MAY BE INCOMPLETE, INACCURATE AND DELIBERATELY MANIPULATED<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/distrust-of-statistics\/#STATISTICS_CAN_PROVE_WHATEVER_IT_WANTS\" title=\"STATISTICS CAN PROVE WHATEVER IT WANTS\">STATISTICS CAN PROVE WHATEVER IT WANTS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/distrust-of-statistics\/#STATISTICS_ARE_THE_TISSUES_OF_FALSE_HOOD\" title=\"STATISTICS ARE THE TISSUES OF FALSE HOOD\">STATISTICS ARE THE TISSUES OF FALSE HOOD<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/distrust-of-statistics\/#CONCLUSION\" title=\"CONCLUSION\">CONCLUSION<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"distrust-of-statistics\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DISTRUST_OF_STATISTICS\"><\/span>DISTRUST OF STATISTICS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/download-99-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5282\"\/><figcaption>DISTRUST OF STATISTICS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Distrust of <a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"statistics (opens in a new tab)\">statistics<\/a> means lack of confidence in the statistical methods and statements. As statistics suffers from various limitations, that is the reason statistics become a thing of distrust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>ACCORDING TO YULE AND KENDALL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cStatistical methods are most dangerous tools in the hands\nof an inexpert.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The following are the points that give rise to the distrust\nof statistics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"figures-may-be-incomplete-inaccurate-and-deliberately-manipulated\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FIGURES_MAY_BE_INCOMPLETE_INACCURATE_AND_DELIBERATELY_MANIPULATED\"><\/span><strong>FIGURES MAY BE INCOMPLETE, INACCURATE AND DELIBERATELY MANIPULATED<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The facts and figures to be studied under the statistics are\ncollected by the human beings. This is their bent of mind that which kind of\ndata they collect. If the data is faulty, then statistical findings may not be\nreliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>ACCORDING TO PROF. KING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cOne of the shortcomings of statistics is that they do not\nalways bear on their face, the label of quality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">So it is not the statistics which proves itself unreliable,\nit is the mishandling of the statistical affairs by the investigator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"statistics-can-prove-whatever-it-wants\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"STATISTICS_CAN_PROVE_WHATEVER_IT_WANTS\"><\/span><strong>STATISTICS CAN PROVE WHATEVER IT WANTS<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Statistics can prove whatever it wants is a baseless notion.\nStatistics do not explain the relationships between the items rather this\ndepends upon the investigator which kind of comparison he is going to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>ACCORDING TO PROF. KING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cStatistics are like clay out of which you can make God or\nDevil as you please.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">If the investigator studies the relationship between height\nof giraffe and height of human being, then the result will be useless or\nbaseless. If investigator studies the relationship between demand and price of\na commodity, the result will be fruitful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">So it is not the science of statistics which is faulty, it\nis the interpretation and study topic of the investigator which give wrong\nconclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"statistics-are-the-tissues-of-false-hood\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"STATISTICS_ARE_THE_TISSUES_OF_FALSE_HOOD\"><\/span>STATISTICS ARE THE TISSUES OF FALSE HOOD<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Some of the statements regarding the statistics made by\nvarious statistician are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>There are three degrees of lies- lies, damn lies\nand statistics.<\/li><li>There are black lies, white lies,\nmulti-chromatic lies, statistics is a rainbow of lies.<\/li><li>History asserts without evidence while\nstatistics asserts contrary to the evidence.<\/li><li>Statistics are like a bathing costume which\nreveals all that is interesting and conceals all that is vital.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">These statements point towards the fact that statistics are\ntissues of false hood. But this notion is wrong, it is only the inexperience of\nthe researchers who gives false conclusions which comes in front as distrust of\nstatistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"conclusion\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CONCLUSION\"><\/span>CONCLUSION<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Distrust of statistics has arisen only because of the inefficiency of the researchers to apply the statistical techniques and tools in right way. According to <strong>AM MOOD<\/strong>, \u201cIt is the statistics which provides tools and techniques for research workers.\u201d Thus, despite of its serious limitations and arguments against it, the usefulness or relevance of statistics can never be ignored. It is the \u2018Science of Kings\u2019 in real sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/download-100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5284\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Also Study:<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Also Study:<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Also Study:<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Also Study:<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Also Study:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/measures-of-central-tendency\/\">Measures of central tendency<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/arithmetic-mean\/\">Arithmetic Mean<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/median\/\">Median<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/mode\/\">Mode<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/statistics\/\">Statistics<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/functions-of-statistics\/\">Functions of statistics<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/scope-of-statistics\/\">Scope of statistics<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/limitations-of-statistics\/\">Limitations of Statistics<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/distrust-of-statistics\/\">Distrust of statistics<\/a><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kajal-mahajan-7549b2197\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CONNECT ON LINKEDIN<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-cropped-Presentation-resize-1.jpg\" alt=\"DISTRUST OF STATISTICS\" class=\"wp-image-4836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-cropped-Presentation-resize-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-cropped-Presentation-resize-1-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISTRUST OF STATISTICS Distrust of statistics means lack of confidence in the statistical methods and statements. As statistics suffers from various limitations, that is the reason statistics become a thing of distrust. ACCORDING TO YULE AND KENDALL \u201cStatistical methods are most dangerous tools in the hands of an inexpert.\u201d The following are the points that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/distrust-of-statistics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;DISTRUST OF STATISTICS&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[132],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}