... that the way journalists use statistics is an absolute travesty.
Take a news story from earlier in the week. Apparently, a Brazilian samba dancer by the name of Dani Sperle set a new record for the smallest costume at the Rio de Janeiro Carnival. Ms Sperle's costume was reported to consist of "3 centimetres of cloth", breaking last year's record of 4 cm.
I am sure you can see why I am outraged -- the news report did not mention whether the costume was 3 centimetres long or whether it consisted of 3 square centimetres of cloth. Imagine the cheek!
Oh well, as my old statistical analysis professor once said, "There's three kinds of people in this world -- those who understand statistics and those who don't".
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