# Fascinating statistics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-statistics/25334>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 12, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-statistics/25334 "2000-07-12T18:52:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-statistics/25334/1 "2000-07-12T18:52:09Z")

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OK, this is actually about help finding a thread which had some fascinating statistcs.

It was in GD, and it concerned college admissions percentages–men vs women.

Basically, it showed how a majority of admissions school by school could still turn out to be a minority of the total numbers.

I’ve searched on all the pertinent words, and haven’t seen anything that resembles it.

Any help here??? It’s a good example for future reference to show how statistics can be misleading.

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**Author:** ![Drew\_Blade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@Drew\_Blade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drew_Blade)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-statistics/25334/2 "2000-07-12T19:07:20Z")

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There is a current thread started by sailor in MPSIMS called “Statistics to prove anything” that sounds like what you want.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-statistics/25334/3 "2000-07-12T19:10:39Z")

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That’s a new thread, and the one I saw was a couple of months ago, but those are the stats.

Thanks.

(Nothing to see here. Move along.)

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-statistics/25334/4 "2000-07-12T19:32:57Z")

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maybe [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24455) is it?