Company XYZ has created a neutral (useless) product to help college students make it to class on time. The company runs 40 studies with a confidence level of 95%. Even if the product is useless, it would on average produce one study showing the
product was beneficial, one study showing it was harmful and thirty-eight inconclusive studies (38 is 95% of 40). XYZ then
uses the one beneficial study to promote their new product.
Identify the misuse of statistical data by Company XYZ
A)
Loaded questions
B)
Data manipulation
Overgeneralization
D)
Discarding unfavorable data