Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: The Tyranny of Typicality

• By: Karl Wittig, PE Aspies for Social Success (AFSS)
• October 1st, 2020
• actually autistic, atypical, differences, fall 2020 issue, marginalization, normality, statistics, unemployment
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There is an old saying, often attributed to Mark Twain but apparently of unknown origin, that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. The problem with the latter, as I have always seen it, is that it seeks to find norms in populations within which there can be considerable...