ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6421597.stmA majority of people believe that Israel and Iran have a mainly negative influence in the world, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.The only other country that was rated 'negative' by more than 50% is The United States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 I'm not surprised by the figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Additional details: http://www.globescan.com/news_archives/bbc...ckgrounder.html(Gives a bit of insight - what said what.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Again no surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Because 28,000 people in 27 countries thought something, it doesn't mean it is true. (though it probably is). And not all of the 28,00 came up with the same, just the majority. Statistics is a tricky subject.Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephmayes Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Yeah, I work for the police and I know how much they fudge the figures this side..if only the public knew !! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Yeah, I work for the police and I know how much they fudge the figures this side..if only the public knew !! :(Throughout the years I spent earning a crust I was knee deep in statistics, and their generation, for quite a lot of time. Having done a course in college on the little blighters I was always aware of their flexibility and the need to define various parameters in their presentation. One of the books on the subject that I found extremely readable, and also very enlightening, was a Pengin book called "Facts from Figures" by a man called M. J. Maroney. It was first published in the early 50s and is an excellent and eye opening work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Yeah, I work for the police and I know how much they fudge the figures this side..if only the public knew !! :(Throughout the years I spent earning a crust I was knee deep in statistics, and their generation, for quite a lot of time. Having done a course in college on the little blighters I was always aware of their flexibility and the need to define various parameters in their presentation. One of the books on the subject that I found extremely readable, and also very enlightening, was a Pengin book called "Facts from Figures" by a man called M. J. Maroney. It was first published in the early 50s and is an excellent and eye opening work.Still available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 I loved Mike Maroney's tome, I found it presented stats in a most readable way. Much better than the weighty Tomes full of formulae. Mike made the maths easy and I then found that the more technical tomes much easier to follow and understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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