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What Should be Focused When Making a Decision?

What to be focused? Have you ever thought about this question? We may have given with a numerous number of data. But what should be our focus? Statistical data has a significant potential to be misused . Its ability to highlight any statement with any authority is especially dangerous. People will go for the evidence and certain numbers of people who use it or support it. Even if it is wrong in fact, they will claim it to be true. But while incorrect decisions based on misleading data and statistics do a great job, data also has the potential to allow deep insights, drive better decisions, and enable predictions to be made. But why? During World War II, the Allied nations' experts mapped bullet holes in fighter planes that were hit by Axis's bullets. They found a pattern and proposed a plan to reinforce the area which was severely hit by the bullets (red dots in the picture). Theoretically, it was a logical deduction because they were the most affected areas in their flights. ...