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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

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Often when they do I throw out my favorite statistic: 73.6% of all statistics are made up. Here are some examples: - You ask a small sample set so that data isn’t statistically significant. This type of statistical error is known as “selective bias.&#. People throw them around at cocktail parties.

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Bccthis Adds Statistics To Twitter Client

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Los Angeles-based Bccthis , which develops software which connects Twitter, Microsoft Outlook, and the BlackBerry, said this week that it has launched a number of features to provide statistics and analytics on the service.

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6 Ways To Get Credible Data To Support A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. You need to find just enough information to quantify the real need out there for your product or service. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

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Is it YOU or your great plan?

Berkonomics

Here’s a test: Several weeks ago, we published statistics of start-up and company failures. If you read that analysis of statistics for startups and early-stage businesses, you have learned the truth that at least half of the businesses backed by professional early-stage investors will die within three years or less.

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GoPollGo, With Idealab Backing, Launches Twitter Polling Service

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Pasadena-based Idealab has made another investment in a Twitter-related service, in GoPollGo , which said today that it has launched an online polling service based on Twitter.

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Geni Enhances Service

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West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni.com said Friday that the firm has made a number of updates to the firm's services. Among the changes, the firm said that it has made two of the firm's "Pro" features--Statistics and Lists--free to all of its users.

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Greycroft Backs Chartable In $2.25M Funding

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Los Angeles-based venture investment firm Greycroft Partners is one of the backers in a $2.25M funding round for Chartable , an online service which provides statistics for podcast downloads. Chartable's services are used by both publishers and advertisers to better understand their audience. READ MORE>>.

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