This is why
you should never trust statistics, polls, etc.

Opinion polls are the worst. For a start, you are only looking of that sector of the population which wishes to answer the pollster. Which does not include me, for example.

Also, of those who do answer, how do you know they aren;t just making up their answers? You don't.

Same goes for random statistics:

"There was a fall of 17% in knife crime in Perth last month", could mean there were 5 stabbings rather than 6. It's hardly significant.

It's all bollocks.

/cynic
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:58, Reply)