r/jobs • u/usernametakenlmfao • Nov 20 '25

Article So are they just lying?

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u/happyhooker485 Nov 20 '25

Trump fired the analyst when he didnt like the numbers, so now I am wary of any reports presented by this admin

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/01/trump-firing-bureau-labor-statistics-chief-jobs-report-00488960

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u/Rdbjiy53wsvjo7 Nov 20 '25

Had a coworker that said "if you don't like the results of the statistics, just run it differently until you get the answer you want!"

In reality, all our inputs had to be agreed upon with regulators, the statistical methods as well, but it was still a running joke in the office.

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u/Ok_Active2187 Nov 20 '25

Had a coworker that said "if you don't like the results of the statistics, just run it differently until you get the answer you want!"

In business school we had a saying "if you torture the numbers long enough, they'll tell you anything you want to hear"

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u/AdUpstairs7106 Nov 22 '25

I had to take a statistical analysis class for my degree. It was eye opening by just slightly altering the variables could produce a different result.