We need your help (, Into the Storm (Hosted by Justin Deschamps), Media Archive (Shows, Videos, Presentations), Barbara H Whitfield RT and Charles L Whitfield MD, EMF Harmonized (Cell Phone, Wi-Fi, Radiation Protection. In accounting, always remember this: Figures don't lie, but liars figure. "Figures don't lie, but liars figure." This is why it was so important that Senator Morrish’s bill passed which requires LDOE to report school scores using both the new method and the old. We may have to wait until Jan 20th but 45 will be GONE. In Lok Sabha electionsContinue reading "Figures Don’t Lie But The Liars … Join 48,000+ other people and subscribe to Quotefancy Weekly Digest. Your email address will not be published. It is our duty, as practical statisticians, to prevent the liar from figuring; in other words, to prevent him from perverting the truth, in the interest of … I also calculated an average of “points per student.” Using the final calculations, which can be seen at the bottom of the chart, I determined a 13.7% drop in the total points earned. Even if expected level of performance is fixated, it isn’t reliable unless the minimum performance level is determined BEFORE testing and remains consistent. Figures don’t lie, but liars figure. Using the achievement distribution for 3rd-8th, only ELA and Math, I made the following calculations based on Calcasieu testing approximately 14,500 students. She has zero credibility, both domestically and internationally. Praying Medic: The FBI Declares War on Patriotism—What Happens Next? -Mark Twain. By Manuela Ekowo. Figures Don't Lie, But Liars Can Figure Updated on 7/8/2020 - see below And sadly I must report that the San Diego County Health Officials (and the CA State folks, up to and including Goober Newsom) have been 'figuring' (or perhaps just showing their ignorance). At the same time, the greatest need for mathematics by the citizen has become statistics. However this little phrase often reminds me to look twice at any statistical data that is shoved in front of my nose as "proof" of something. You tell me. As you can see, it would take a 25% increase in both Mastery and Basic to make up for the points lost in the 20% reduction. This article was written by Deshbhakt Discord Member, Divyanshu Chahal Politicians are the ones who make and regulate laws, but a problem arises when they themselves have been law breakers. I opened it, but didn’t really read much of it. That’s gonna drop the district to a mid-level D. Well, I was wrong. For example, if a coach needs to select 50 players for his team out of 300 athletes who tried out, he might publicize that to be selected, the athlete must be able to run a mile under 5 minutes knowing that he may have to fudge that number to get 50 players. Karl Bruchhaus reported the district results to the board members. White adjusted the cut scores to soften the blow. BIG TECH is trying to shut us down! We discussed a variety of things, but inevitably the conversation turned to budgets and test scores. Here are Wright’s words [CDW1]: The old saying is that “figures will not lie,” but a new saying is “liars will figure.”. I immediately recognized what he said as a variation of a quote accredited to Samuel Clemens. Let's hope that saner heads will prevail in the upcoming election and Hillary will not become president. This is my guess. You've probably heard the phrase: "Figures don't lie, but liars can figure." Your email address will not be published. TheNorthWestPawsage Thu 19-Nov-20 22:10:32. And Why Is This Significant Now? In the graphic shown above, you see the points that a school is awarded depending on the achievement of a student. TheNorthWestPawsage Thu 19-Nov-20 22:10:32. Figures Don’t Lie, But Liars Can Figure. Required fields are marked *. That will always be the case under any accounting regime. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. You see, statistical data can be gathered in any number of mischevious ways in order to slant the outcome. On August 13 and 14, the stock market suffered its biggest losses of the year. The last blog that I published was on June 2nd about a bill pass by Senator Dan Morrish requiring that anytime BESE changes the method of calculating school scores they must produce school report cards showing the score using both the old and new formulas. Get the perfect website for your sacred work at Modern Masters. (Clemens), There are lies. hello@quotefancy.com. It is safe to assume that applying this reduction to Calcasieu’s 2017 SPS score would provide a reasonably predicted score.