Can you answer one question with 10 different answers?
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In response to your question, @ijoel yes, it is possible to answer a question with ten different answers. When I read your question it reminded me of a statistics class that I had taken some years ago. My professor introduced us to a book called, How to Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff.
This book was first published in 1954 and is one of the all time best sellers. The author basically explains how some people can ask a data-driven question and manipulate the true results using statistics. It also reminds me of our current day politics and how lying to achieve a certain goal is now mainstream.
David Ferrer’s book review best describes each chapter in this “must read” book and how Huff explains how others manipulate data:
”Each chapter deals with a particular trick in statistics, for example “built-in biases” that can distort polling data (Chapter 1); or selecting a “well-chosen average” according to one's agenda (chapter 2). Other chapters cover misrepresentative samples (chapter 3); misinterpreted margins of error (chapter 4); distorted graphs (chapter 5); misleading illustrations (chapter 6); semi-attached figures (i.e., the data is barely related to the conclusion; chapter 7); the post-hoc fallacy (chapter 8); and outright deception and miscalculations (chapter 9). The final section, chapter 10, is devoted to critically analyzing statistics or, what Huff calls, “talking back to a statistic.”
It is always best to do research from multiple credible sources and not be uninformed.
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