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Stop Using Statistics to Prove Your Market

There are lies, damn lies, and then...

Kate McKean
May 02, 2019
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Hi friends!

Tuesday, I said I was going to get salty about some stuff, and today I’m going to get salty about statistics! Not the mathematical concept itself, but the abuse of questionably sourced numbers to prove a point, particularly in book proposals and query letters. This goes for your hot takes as well, freelance writers.

I, for one, enjoyed the si…

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