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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics Discussion
Changed the reference to "Mothers Against Dungeons and Dragons" to the more accurate "Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons." MADD is the drunk-driving mothers, so when Patricia Pulling wanted to start an anti-roleplaying group, she picked a name with a similar but not identical acronym. And in doing so, formed a group that was considerably less sexist :*)


a good book on this subject: (original title yeah!) Damned Lies and Statistics by Joel Best (isbn: 978-0-520-21978-6)