How To Manipulate Data
<p>A large part of our modern society has cult-like faith in data. If you show a fancy-looking pie chart or a colorful scatter plot, people will find your statements three to five times more trustworthy (<a href="https://medium.com/the-lame-duck/why-pay-for-scientific-research-when-you-can-just-make-it-up-947dbb3804d9" rel="noopener">source</a>).</p>
<p>Ask anyone who has worked in a big corporation if you don’t believe me; they will all agree many PowerPoint presentations include manipulative lies.</p>
<p>Fun fact, the link I used as a source above is an article about fake scientific research. But it doesn’t matter because while 87% of people don’t click on the links, 85% find stories more credible if they include links (<a href="https://medium.com/the-bad-influence/the-ulitmate-online-scientific-source-that-proves-youre-right-9ab6321ce8f" rel="noopener">source</a>).</p>
<p><em>(Yes. I did it again, but with a different article this time.)</em></p>
<p>After manipulating you in the introduction, I will show you how to manipulate data, whether you’re an unknown blogger like me, a journalist working for a <a href="https://wapo.st/3qebd68" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">renowned newspaper</a>, or a scientist with a Nobel prize.</p>
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