tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post1377113512151579113..comments2024-03-26T05:56:59.938+11:00Comments on THE PSYCHOLOGIST : JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post-17141212081932419472017-09-05T18:48:34.755+10:002017-09-05T18:48:34.755+10:00There’s an illuminating story about this in Darrel...There’s an illuminating story about this in Darrell Huff’s “How To Lie With Statistics.” In essence, a survey to determine what magazines were most popular in American households produced results that contradicted magazine sales figures. The survey takers were simply asking people what magazines they read, and the prevalent answers were such magazines as “The Atlantic,” “Harper’s,” and similar “highbrow” periodicals. The organizer, recognizing that something was amiss, decided on a different tack. He sent out a second wave of survey takers, instructed to knock on doors and <i>ask whether the residents had any old magazines they were willing to sell him.</i> The results of that second survey were much more “lowbrow” and consistent with magazine sales figures.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.com