Statistics fuel so many things
Havoc, fear or deep mood-swings
"Games" played with figures can present
An outcome other than that meant!
Arcane averages are wild:
Whose family has a ‘point five’ child?
Algorithms do their best
Computer programmes blur the rest!
Success rates? Better check your source:
Fuzzy stats - par for the course
Some figures, rounded-up for years,
Make unsubstantial claims for cures.
Do check the small print – always wise
You may be in for a surprise…
Percentage points on samples small
Have no validity at all!
Right up to date - the U.S. polls:
Is this vote count full of holes?
Politics means tricks up sleeve
So, whom and what should we believe?
(c) Poet in the woods 2020
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