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Every day, we are bombarded with numbers. Statistics and data provide us useful information about the world, but as we head toward another presidential election, we can expect to see plenty of talk about poll results, margins of error, and the like. Stats tell us the batting average of our favorite baseball player and the likelihood of getting struck by a meteorite, but misunderstanding of statistics is also rife, and can lead to a manipulation of the facts that may be either deliberate or inadvertent. Here’s a look at how statistics can often deceive us.