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” If Lakewood boys have a lower average intelligence, but with higher variance, than boys from Brisk, then if you date an above average boy from Lakewood, he is probably more intelligent than an average Brisk boy.”

Inconclusive. He could be more or less.

” Statistics allows you to say TRUE or FALSE by turning generalizations into quantified facts.”

Patently false. No amount of statistics yields facts.

” NASI (National Abusers of Statistical Information), is an example of an organization that abuses statistics.”

No, their entire problem is that they completely lack statistics and instead use emotional anecdotery. Would that they abused statistics, for then they could be made to see reason.

You asked for our thoughts so here they are. Study harder for your test.