Last spring, the Defense Department said that 12 American personnel members had been electrocuted in the country, and then later told Congress that the accurate figure was 13.
Mr. Obama said that 7,000 drilling permits had been granted but were not being used by oil companies, an accurate figure, according to the Interior Department.
Diary responses are not subject to recall bias (assuming prospective completion) hence it is probable that the diary information provides the more accurate figure, compared with the CATI.
"The exact details and costs are still being worked through with the department so at this stage there is no accurate figure which can be provided either by NQBP, the Department of Environment or GBRMPA.
A spokesman for the BBC said the figure was a very early estimate, a more accurate figure would be released in the next 24 hours.
(Johnston pointed out that the White House got to thirty-eight million dollars by including some Social Security taxes. The more accurate figure is $36.5 million).
I contacted an industry group, the Free Speech Coalition, to ask about this estimate, and was told they did not have an accurate figure available for the whole industry.
In its guidance, HMRC "strongly recommends" that people use a professional valuer such as a chartered surveyor to make sure an accurate figure, which "should reflect the value at the time of death", is recorded.
I want to give you an accurate figure," he said.
The simple truth is that no accurate figure exists.
"I don't think it's possible for anybody to give any accurate figure," Mr. Khan said.
