Comment Reporter? (Score 1) 684
Just a quick clairification here.
That "story" linked above wasn't written by any reportrer, hack or not. It's a press release from StatMarket and WebSideStory. Press releases are nothing more than marketing propaganda designed to financially aid the group that makes the press release. Generally, press releases are written by a company's marketing department.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the statistics in that release are flawed. Someone who can competently produce statistical analyses is very unlikely to be employed in a marketing department; there are far more lucrative and fulfilling employment opportunities for statisticians in other areas.
That "story" linked above wasn't written by any reportrer, hack or not. It's a press release from StatMarket and WebSideStory. Press releases are nothing more than marketing propaganda designed to financially aid the group that makes the press release. Generally, press releases are written by a company's marketing department.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the statistics in that release are flawed. Someone who can competently produce statistical analyses is very unlikely to be employed in a marketing department; there are far more lucrative and fulfilling employment opportunities for statisticians in other areas.
