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Tansy_Gold

(18,025 posts)
Tue Jul 30, 2024, 05:22 PM Jul 30

STOCK MARKET WATCH: Wednesday, 31 July 2024

STOCK MARKET WATCH: Wednesday, 31 July 2024



Previous SMW:
SMW for 30 July 2024




AT THE CLOSING BELL ON 30 July 2024


Dow Jones 40,743.33 +203.40 (0.50%)
S&P 500 5,436.44 -27.10 (0.50%)
Nasdaq 17,147.42 -222.78 (1.28%)





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Quote for the Day:

However, my BS in business administration had not prepared me as an econometrician, so I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to go about it. I went so far as to enroll in a couple of courses on the subject. In the process, I learned that statistics can be manipulated to produce a large array of conclusions, including those substantiating the predictions of the analyst.

John Perkins. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. © 2004.





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STOCK MARKET WATCH: Wednesday, 31 July 2024 (Original Post) Tansy_Gold Jul 30 OP
Statistics Warpy Jul 30 #1

Warpy

(112,767 posts)
1. Statistics
Tue Jul 30, 2024, 05:36 PM
Jul 30

"How to Lie with Statistics" seems to be out of print, but fortunately for anyone with an interest in statistics and/or official prevarications and distortions, it exists online:

https://archive.org/details/howtoliewithstat00huff/mode/2up

Hell, just about everybody could benefit from reading this book. It's a good first step to deconstructing propaganda. It's also a pretty funny read--and a short one.

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