Statistics are just Fancy Numbers
This article makes some interesting comments about the state of statistics in America today. Key point: feral cats do not kill 1 billion birds a year in the US.
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- Comment on Statistics are just Fancy Numbers by Fryer TuckHa, that is great. I just wrote an e-mail to a friend making very similar points about how dubious the statistics that are presented in various forms of media are. Without reviewing the source materials to determine the methodology used in the study it is very difficult to determine how accurate or valid they are.Fryer Tuck
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Fryer Tuck 7:20 pm on August 20, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Ha, that is great. I just wrote an e-mail to a friend making very similar points about how dubious the statistics that are presented in various forms of media are. Without reviewing the source materials to determine the methodology used in the study it is very difficult to determine how accurate or valid they are.
pslarkin 6:36 am on August 21, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Cats are awful. I’m gonna continue to believe all the negative stats i hear about them.