Statistics and RSE Staff
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:46 pm
This one bugs me... JZ's Beverly Hills PR person is now using Greg Simmon's statement of statistics.
He says that 84-90% of students attending a beginning retreat say it was the best week of their life so far.
What does 84-90% mean?
Can he really, truly not know how to do the math behind percentages? Pick a number, Greg. How can you end up with a range? Take the total number of people you got to nod their heads "yes" to your question, divided by the total number of people in the audience. Not the best science by any means, but you'd at least get your math correct.
Or do you mean that at every single event, you're able to get between 84-90% of the people to agree with you?
Nonetheless, it is a meaningless statistic as it is presented. Please add "I have always been a math and statistics genius" to your list, Greg. Or if you have too much doubt to manifest that, try "I have always been able to calculate basic arithmetic formulas accurately"
Better yet, if Greg is truly the marketing genius he claims to be...why doesn't he say "...up to 99% of the people who attend a beginning retreat say it was the best week of their life so far"... then the answer can be ANY freakin' percentage and the "up to" wording is his disclaimer that he didn't lie.
Oops, my bad... I assumed he would have a problem with being a liar. I forgot he doesn't stop anyone from calling him a doctor when he doesn't even bother to get a phony credential. He only has to hold the idea of being a Dr. in his consciousness and remember that he got a doctorate at some point in his life, and one day he will look on the wall of his office and see his Harvard PHD diploma.
He says that 84-90% of students attending a beginning retreat say it was the best week of their life so far.
What does 84-90% mean?
Can he really, truly not know how to do the math behind percentages? Pick a number, Greg. How can you end up with a range? Take the total number of people you got to nod their heads "yes" to your question, divided by the total number of people in the audience. Not the best science by any means, but you'd at least get your math correct.
Or do you mean that at every single event, you're able to get between 84-90% of the people to agree with you?
Nonetheless, it is a meaningless statistic as it is presented. Please add "I have always been a math and statistics genius" to your list, Greg. Or if you have too much doubt to manifest that, try "I have always been able to calculate basic arithmetic formulas accurately"
Better yet, if Greg is truly the marketing genius he claims to be...why doesn't he say "...up to 99% of the people who attend a beginning retreat say it was the best week of their life so far"... then the answer can be ANY freakin' percentage and the "up to" wording is his disclaimer that he didn't lie.
Oops, my bad... I assumed he would have a problem with being a liar. I forgot he doesn't stop anyone from calling him a doctor when he doesn't even bother to get a phony credential. He only has to hold the idea of being a Dr. in his consciousness and remember that he got a doctorate at some point in his life, and one day he will look on the wall of his office and see his Harvard PHD diploma.
