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=== Unusual or confusing definitions === | === Unusual or confusing definitions === | ||
Using unexpected definitions e.g. frequent use, being defined an used 1 time in a month, far from most people's expectation. | Using unexpected definitions e.g. frequent use, being defined an used 1 time in a month, far from most people's expectation. | ||
Use of ratios of users to non users, or between groups of users. This can be used to show an apparent increase in a group, this can make it appear that use in one group has increased, when in fact use has decreased in both groups, but not in equal measure. The proportion of users in one group has increased, even though both groups saw a decline, often hard to detect due to lack of information to make a fair comparison. This is possibly one of the most underhand tactics, since it can be used to confusingly, show a large decrease as an apparent increase, requiring sometimes a great deal of effort to get an accurate understanding. | |||
=== Flat out lies === | === Flat out lies === | ||
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