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How to Lie with Statistics February 1, 2011

1. Maybe all that whinging about rounding an 89.4 up to an A- has had an impact. Students who are taking the New York Regents exam in History and Government, which they must pass to obtain a high school diploma, are 14 times as likely to get a 65 (the passing score) as they are to get a 64.

2. A geological statistician breaks the lottery.

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