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There’s “Lies, (banned word) Lies, and Statistics” and then there is this study. How could Redfin publish that with a straight face?
- Bruce( no not him) - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 9:39 am:
Redfin’s reply… “Well, yes, the conclusion may be misleading. But, it bolsters our opinion, so we stand behind it.”
- Larry Bowa Jr. - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 9:54 am:
I’d read the retraction on Crain’s if they weren’t asking me to pay money to read their apology for the lies they just tried to feed me.
Laughable stuff.
Maybe this is the secret to Redfin’s success: balance sheets that show one year of expenses offset by eight years of income.
Overall, whatever your statistical take, the findings of the survey could not have been clearer.
Just 2 percent yes, two whole percent are “very satisfied” with CPS’ performance, with another 25 percent “satisfied.” Participants are peppier about the schools in their particular neighborhood, but nearly 9 in 10 said improving schools generally is either “essential” (55 percent) or very important (33 percent). The only other listed goal that ranked higher as a priority was curbing political corruption, at 91 percent.
Bad as those findings were, one other was worse: With concerns about schools and crime on their minds, barely a third of Chicagoans, 35 percent, say the city is a good place to raise kids. That number came in at just 24 percent among South Siders. Guess what? If there’s no kids, there’s no future, Chicago.
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