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Summary: Veterans Affairs Scandal

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Any statistic is prone to manipulations and error depending on the intentions of the source. For example, to increase the sale of a newspaper during an election, newspaper companies put out conclusive headlines that a candidate is leading in ballots. The journalist might reach a conclusion by assumption or by sampling few members of the community whom they voted for in the election. Subsequently, they reach an inaccurate conclusion. If ballot papers are stolen, or voters vote more than one time, data will be in error, and the wrong candidate will emerge as a winner of the election. Statistics can be used inappropriately in any field of endeavor, including the health industry. An example is the Veterans Affairs scandal in which appointment dates

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