Statistics and survey results are a great way to support your argument. Unfortunately, they are often misinterpreted, of low quality, or even completely made up. What’s worse, catchy headlines have a tendency to go viral with hardly any criticism, and as a result any claims spreading in the social space should be taken with a grain of salt.

In this post, I will examine some studies that I have seen retweeted or shared a fair bit recently in order to show the types of common errors. Continue reading →