“ 'IKAI VILI...'Oku tokolahi 'a e tu'unga ako kehekehe 'i he ha'ofangá ni. 'E 'ikai teke tu'uaki'i 'oku 'ilo 'e he tokotaha kotoa ho'o 'uhingá. Keheheke eni mei ho'o fa'u 'ēsei ma'a ho'o kalasi pisinisi, pe sitetisitika 'i faleako.
1) Ko e "public forum" eni, pea kuo pau ketau fakamatala fakaikiiki ki he kau lautohi ke mahino; ko e "popular media" 'a e ha'ofangá ni; 'oku 'ikai ko e kalasi 'i faleako (captive audience).
2) 'O kapau teke 'omai ha "quotation" pea 'ikai ke fakamatala faka-ikiiki, mahino mai 'oku ke faka'aoga'i 'a e 'uhinga 'o e quotation. Ko ia 'oku totonu ke fakamatala 'aki e "logical supporting evidence." (Any college professor would give you an F if you reply in an essay with a one-line quote.)
3. Statistics are the closest to the "absolute truth" we can get, as mortals. Unfortunately, we don't have angels to keep us honest. Law of Probability eliminates guesswork, and away from superstitions because: NUMBERS DON'T LIE.
4) Like I wrote before...instead of using "quantitative analysis" where mathematical data rule, and statistics is king...the "qualitative analysis" is used as anthropologists do.
5) However, statistics is still used when a survey of large populations is desired in qualitative research.
6) Finally, we do not "faafaa he fakapo'uli" in scientific research, by using statistics. We're using the best tools in scientific research. ”