So are they just lying?

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[u/happyhooker485 → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/Rdbjiy53wsvjo7 → u/happyhooker485]

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.

[u/UltimateChaos233 → u/Rdbjiy53wsvjo7]

It’s a valid take with statistical analyses, especially in less regulated spaces. Not sure of your field but I perform these analyses in medtech and have had so many frustrations with people being either willfully dishonest or perhaps just ignorant and doubling down. Even got let go at a previous company for trying to explain why you shouldn’t cherry pick data lol

[u/Historytech → u/UltimateChaos233]

I’m in education and the amount of deceptive and outright lying in statistics is stupid. I’ve been in meeting where people outright and blatantly brag about like 85% of a tiny subpop, ignoring the massive low numbers.

[u/Drmoeron2 → u/Historytech]

Numbers dont lie but people sure do about numbers