A student wishes to determine the percentage of students in his school that bring a sack lunch. He decides to poll every student in his grade level. It is found that 30 percent on the students polled bring a sack lunch. The student concludes that 30 percent of the students in the school bring a sack lunch. Identify the abuse of statistics.

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Just saying, this isn't a mathematical concept, right?

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Abuse of statistics is a misuse of statistics occurs when a statistical argument asserts a falsehood. In some cases, the misuse may be accidental. In others, it is purposeful and for the gain of the perpetrator.

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In this case what has been done wrong is the the student has concluded something without multiple tests, and hence could've made mistakes during his poll. There are many factors that could also contribute, like the students lying, etc.