tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post2762937047128943722..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: How to lie with statisticsThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-36990761252574373382010-03-24T16:44:17.994-04:002010-03-24T16:44:17.994-04:00ProfK-
Ah, yes. Not to mention the definition of t...ProfK-<br />Ah, yes. Not to mention the definition of the words to which they agreed. As in Ha'Aretz's finding that some 40% of Israelis felt President Obama was fair to Israel, when they actually said he was עניני.<br /><br />ysh-<br />Yes, that's the one.<br /><br />Joel-<br />I suppose that's a fair translation, yes.<br /><br />S-<br />And let's not forget "over," as in "he was over a lav." Which sounds like something a Brit would say regarding a friend with a hangover?The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-82099581421731516652010-03-24T15:19:02.012-04:002010-03-24T15:19:02.012-04:00Joel: pitch perfect.Joel: pitch perfect.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-6567592055508864582010-03-24T14:11:09.253-04:002010-03-24T14:11:09.253-04:00s, how about inyan as in "there's an inya...s, how about inyan as in "there's an inyan to"<br />KT<br />Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-368404477268584682010-03-24T14:11:01.524-04:002010-03-24T14:11:01.524-04:00s, how about inyan as in "there's an inya...s, how about inyan as in "there's an inyan to"<br />KT<br />Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-42757013908672826742010-03-24T13:44:02.290-04:002010-03-24T13:44:02.290-04:00Very good post. I'm afraid I don't underst...Very good post. I'm afraid I don't understand why you consider תרתי דסתרי really untranslatable though. It's not like "ukimta" or "kugel," at least to my mind.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-29113473503866036332010-03-24T12:17:03.462-04:002010-03-24T12:17:03.462-04:00tartei d'satrei-I always use internally incons...tartei d'satrei-I always use internally inconsistent<br /><br /><br />ProfK-we also don't seem to want to get statistics but rather prefer anecdotal data<br /><br />RH-BTW sounds like you might want to consider an actuarial career (those guys can make numbers sing any tune)<br />KT<br />Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-47568117518403288862010-03-24T11:31:40.645-04:002010-03-24T11:31:40.645-04:00Ah, yes. Mareleyn Schneider's Intro to Sociol...Ah, yes. Mareleyn Schneider's Intro to Sociology. Good class, not particularly quantitative, though. It's about 20 years since I took it; still have the book.yshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592998197322068828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-23893918801789551612010-03-24T09:46:39.478-04:002010-03-24T09:46:39.478-04:00The book you mentioned is a good one but you might...The book you mentioned is a good one but you might also enjoy reading the books by Joel Best--first one was "Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics." <br /><br />Not the numbers' fault, but statistics can be used to show anything you want them to show depending on how you manipulate them. One of my peeves is those who say that the statistics show that a vast majority of people believe X or feel X but don't show you the numbers. Does 52% of the sampling (the size of which they never give you) really constitute a vast majority? Given an error margin of a few points and what we have is something other than what we are being told.<br /><br />The members of Klal also tend to use these statistics in a strange manner. We apply crisis to anything that is a problem despite not having accurate figures to back up such a designation.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.com