| Although random selection - probability of bias i.e. too many of one type of person |
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| Basket of goods not Representative |
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| Can't know accurately because things change |
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| Depends on interpretation by different newspapers |
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| Differnt ways of calculating mortgage figures. |
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| Distortion of figures according to the effects of mortgae interest |
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| Do not take tax into account. More difficult to manage as each year passes. |
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| Does not take into account seasonal changes and effects of supply & demand |
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| Dont believe everything in papers |
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| Dont think mortgages should be include in stats |
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| Figures can be misinterpreted |
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| Generalisation - not always accurate. |
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| In my business I know that the price rises I pay and have to pass on make a mockery of the official figures |
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| NOT EVERYONE IS ASKED |
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| Never trust politians |
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| News in papers contradicts the statistics |
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| North/South divide,depends on particular families |
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| Other statistics conflict |
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| Pay rises do not seem to keep pace with inflation figures |
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| Regional differences |
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| SHOULD ALWAYS QUESTION STATS. |
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| Statistics can be made up to agree or disagree with most things. Go'vt influence can be strong |
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| The general delay in what comes through and the way the figures are presented |
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| The people who announce them contradict each other,they dont appear true at all. |
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| The statistics reflect the average and do not reflect the extremes. |
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| You can see something on the news and then read something different in the papers |
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| You never know whether to trust the Government or not.a/e no |
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| all depends where you live its more expensive in other parts of the country |
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| analysis of info may not alweqays be done correcrtly |
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| because morgage is left out |
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| because people do not thimk prperly about these things nothing seems to be done unless there is some drastic change/problem |
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| because some people earn more at different times and sometimes I think th4ey talik to the wrong peoplereality |
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| because trhe figures are too old as the black economy is so emormous that they will never get a grip of it |
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| because you make cut backs but dont seem much better off |
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| being in the retail industry I do not think they reflect an accurate picture somtimes. |
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| by nature cant get acurata figs |
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| by the time the stats come out into the papers is often out of date |
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| cann't be correct all the time they do it so often |
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| cannot be right all the time |
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| cant always believe what you hear or read |
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| contradiction between inflation and average wage increases |
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| cost of living figures are different for some people than others |
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| cost of living not necessarily related to inflation figures |
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| d.k. justa feeling i get/ figures are misread/ i.dont know |
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| delay between time of collecting data and time of publication |
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| depend on locality |
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| depending on area of country and subject matter |
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| depends on what is included in rpi depends on what i personally buy |
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| depends on where they get figures from |
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| different ways of interpretation cause a the opportunity for argument |
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| does not cover every instance |
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| does not see how they can go into the detail |
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| doesn't want to say |
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| doesnt take enough into account, too limited in scope |
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| dont actually know where the info has come from |
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| dont always agree with what the figurea actgually sayt |
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| dont know whats in them make figures reflect anything they want |
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| dont record a broad enough band of items checked |
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| dont take mortgages into account which gives massive discrepancy |
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| figures are out of date |
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| figures are too generalised |
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| figures out of date;Economy moves faster than figure publishing |
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| figures too general and not specific to areas in the country |
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| from coment i have head from the press there is alway arguement |
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| government does not seem to reflect the general population |
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| hasnt seen the figures and doesnt know what they are based on |
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| how statistics are collected and how they are reported |
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| i see how prices are going up |
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| i think they go on averages and i dont think thats right |
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| if its done on a survey it depends on which people they pick |
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| include the morgage rate and it distorts the figures |
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| it depends on where you live in the country. |
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| it depends onthe indiviudal people cut corners to make things go round |
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| its a real word tyhe people that issue the figuers are in a different world |
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| its for down south not up north |
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| its likely that the way the government asks for the stats is misleading |
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| limited in what is taken into account |
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| many prices electronis computers are not included in the listys |
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| may not be balanced sample and there is alweays a way of working stats to show what you bwant |
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| minimum wage is now 3-60 per hour past years a lot lower this is why goverment figures are not realistic |
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| misleading- don,t know where they get it from or all the information |
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| morgaged are not included not giving proper indication. |
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| mortgage interest rates affect and alter the rate and that should be taken into account |
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| never quite believe what you read in the papw |
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| nobody can resist the temptation of puting figs to support whst we believe |
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| not a clear link of cost of living to inflation to average person |
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| not always correct for everyone-right for one group and not anothrer |
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| not everything is included |
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| not interested |
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| not meaasuring the right things |
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| not really interested |
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| not regionalised and leave out mortgage interest rates |
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| numbers can be manipulated sometimes they are correct sometimes not |
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| omit the most important thing on peoples plate ie the cost of borrowing moneyt is excluded |
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| people are not perfect, sometimes they get things right and sometimes not |
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| people interviewers speak to do not always tell truth, their circumstances might change |
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| people may give misleading information |
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| power analysis, never get an overall view of society from stats |
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| price of pigeon seed varies/not added to list |
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| prices vary in areas and pensions do not match figures. Not fully reflected. |
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| publish 2 sets of figures say rateof inflation and then underlying rate of inflation why publish 2 sets of figures |
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| q |
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| random statistics can,t be weighed up |
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| reading about easterhouse,benefits do not match the actual circumstances |
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| regional differences (north/south divide |
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| respondant feels the figures are too national and not regional enough |
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| sample not representative |
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| see note |
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| sgensralised so miss out some ofd pop |
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| sometimes reporting is on single incidents as opposed to everyday |
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| sometimes they contradict themselves |
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| sometimes they tell you things that are incorrect and you just accept it |
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| spin doctors effect |
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| stats are an average give a rough idea |
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| stats can be manipulated |
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| take their statistics across the board & dont give a true picture |
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| the cost of living is sometimes based on the south and that is higher |
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| the interpretation of statistics can sometimes be misleading |
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| the4re arev other factors such as exchange rates, international forces for example |
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| they can be a little bit out sometimes |
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| they cannot get it right all the time |
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| they do not agree with my calculations |
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| they do not take everything into account |
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| they don't really know themselves. |
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| they take an averageere are so many people who are on low wages or benifits |
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| they work it out on averages & i think thatv these are way out |
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| things I have rwead about |
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| time has proved the statistics wrong |
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| to generalise does not look at local areas. |
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| too complex to be accurate |
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| too much variation different areas different people |
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| underlying factors in this |
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| unhappy with calculation now that mortg intrest rates have been excluded |
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| wages and costs go up quicker than pensions |
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| without studying the figures generally believed to be correct |
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