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Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" covers LV's "increase" in cycling accidents
http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/867/
'Here for example is the insurance company LV, who have managed to get their important road safety data analysis onto GMTV. "Mounting financial pressures have led to a surge in inexperienced cyclists taking to the roads," say LV in their press release ... .... using data that forgets to account for the usual seasonal variation, and seems to get the prevalence of both cycling and accidents wrong, by an order of magnitude. Most importantly, this gets on the telly, with a nice puff for the LV brand, despite the fact that almost everything I have told you was spelled out to GMTV, by the boys and girls in tweed at the CTC, before it ever went to air.' |
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Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" covers LV's "increase" in cycling accidents
On 07 Feb 2009 21:09:35 +0000 (GMT),
(Alan Braggins) said in : http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/867/ Bonus points for the vintage Pink Floyd :-) Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound GPG sig #3FA3BCDE http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/pgp-public-key.txt |
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Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" covers LV's "increase" in cycling accidents
In article , Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On 07 Feb 2009 21:09:35 +0000 (GMT), (Alan Braggins) said in : http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/867/ Bonus points for the vintage Pink Floyd :-) So, other than a basket and a bell, what would people recommend as things that make a bike look good (removeable things, if it's a borrowed bike)? |
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Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" covers LV's "increase" in cycling accidents
On 08 Feb 2009 10:18:50 +0000 (GMT),
(Alan Braggins) said in : So, other than a basket and a bell, what would people recommend as things that make a bike look good (removeable things, if it's a borrowed bike)? Tall, elegant Dutch ladies? Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound GPG sig #3FA3BCDE http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/pgp-public-key.txt |
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Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" covers LV's "increase" in cyclingaccidents
On Feb 8, 11:55*am, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote: On 08 Feb 2009 10:18:50 +0000 (GMT), (Alan Braggins) said in : So, other than a basket and a bell, what would people recommend as things that make a bike look good (removeable things, if it's a borrowed bike)? Tall, elegant Dutch ladies? Congratulations. In two out of two posts in this thread, you've managed to post some complete **** which was in no way relevant to the topic, and wasn't remotely funny either. |
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Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" covers LV's "increase" in cyclingaccidents
Alan Braggins wrote:
http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/867/ 'Here for example is the insurance company LV, who have managed to get their important road safety data analysis onto GMTV. If this is the quality of statistician this insurance company has perhaps the public SHOULD be informed. If their shares are worth anything at all it's time to sell. |
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Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" covers LV's "increase" in cycling accidents
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terryj wrote: Alan Braggins wrote: http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/867/ 'Here for example is the insurance company LV, who have managed to get their important road safety data analysis onto GMTV. If this is the quality of statistician this insurance company has perhaps the public SHOULD be informed. If their shares are worth anything at all it's time to sell. Well what do you expect, all the best commercial mathematicians work as econometricians for banks and hedge funds calculating their bonus payments............... ;-) Mike -- o/ \\ // |\ ,_ o Mike Clark \__,\\ // __o | \ / /\, "A mountain climbing, cycling, skiing, " || _`\,_ |__\ \ | immunology lecturer, antibody engineer and ` || (_)/ (_) | \corn computer user" |
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Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" covers LV's "increase" in cycling accidents
In article , Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On 08 Feb 2009 10:18:50 +0000 (GMT), (Alan Braggins) said in : So, other than a basket and a bell, what would people recommend as things that make a bike look good (removeable things, if it's a borrowed bike)? Tall, elegant Dutch ladies? Or Danish, perhaps: http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/ But not, I think, in the specific context of "I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like". (Also http://www.bicyclechic.com/, http://velocouture.wordpress.com/ ) |
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Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" covers LV's "increase" in cyclingaccidents
terryj wrote:
Alan Braggins wrote: http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/867/ 'Here for example is the insurance company LV, who have managed to get their important road safety data analysis onto GMTV. If this is the quality of statistician this insurance company has perhaps the public SHOULD be informed. If their shares are worth anything at all it's time to sell. If they're at all like my employer (who shall remain nameless to protect ME), the article was written by the marketing department and the numbers were calculated by a marketing intern. No mathematical ability required (or desired). |
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