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<blockquote data-quote="Atavar" data-source="post: 3686775" data-attributes="member: 7136">I remember years ago that both McDonalds and Burger King claimed to have &quot;America's favorite french fries.&quot;McDonald's based their claim on sales.&nbsp; More McDonald's french fries were sold than Burger King french fries (or any other kind of french fries, I imagine).Burger King based their claim and taste tests.&nbsp; Their tests showed that people liked the taste of Burger King french fries better than the taste of McDonald's french fries.So, in a way, they are both correct.&nbsp; They are just choosing their own methods of being correct.&nbsp; (However, I think McDonald's claim is stronger since it is easy to show high sales but difficult to show that your fries taste better than everyone else's, which is how I would define &quot;favorite&quot; based on taste tests).And that's the same opinion I have about statistics.&nbsp; People use stats that agree with them; ignore, suppress or attack stats that don't; and manufacture stats that agree with them if they can't find any that do.Thanks,Atavar&quot;Over 98% of people die at some time during their lives.&quot; - Ricky Bobby</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Atavar, post: 3686775, member: 7136"] I remember years ago that both McDonalds and Burger King claimed to have "America's favorite french fries." McDonald's based their claim on sales. More McDonald's french fries were sold than Burger King french fries (or any other kind of french fries, I imagine). Burger King based their claim and taste tests. Their tests showed that people liked the taste of Burger King french fries better than the taste of McDonald's french fries. So, in a way, they are both correct. They are just choosing their own methods of being correct. (However, I think McDonald's claim is stronger since it is easy to show high sales but difficult to show that your fries taste better than everyone else's, which is how I would define "favorite" based on taste tests). And that's the same opinion I have about statistics. People use stats that agree with them; ignore, suppress or attack stats that don't; and manufacture stats that agree with them if they can't find any that do. Thanks, Atavar "Over 98% of people die at some time during their lives." - Ricky Bobby [/QUOTE]

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