"The idea that it's a flexible material is a bit misleading, even though they make fishing poles out of it".
While a data mining approach is based on searching for combinations of variables that might show potential correlations, data-dredging (also called 'data fishing') can generate misleading results.
But such assurances do not satisfy Michael Hansen, senior scientist for the US Consumers Union, who says research behind the fish has been "sloppy, misleading and woefully inadequate".
In summary, I have demonstrated how misleading it is to infer that fish have feelings on the basis of behavioural responses to sensory stimulation.
Labeling must not be false and misleading, such as by implying that the nonengineered fish was in some way superior to the engineered fish.
The fish's name is somewhat misleading, as redfish tend toward an iridescent gray, with a coppery patina on the back and upper sides; their most distinguishing characteristic are black spots near the base of the tail.
Martin Plath, of the University of Potsdam in Germany and the University of Oklahoma, and colleagues uncovered the misleading behavior as part of experiments to see whether a fish's social environment affects mating preferences, which are an important element of sexual selection.
For one thing, they said, the approach is common in just a few areas, like Alaska, Iceland, New Zealand and Australia, so it is possible, they wrote, that differences in the kinds of fish caught or other regional factors might "generate misleading results".
Also, the common names of organisms, like starfish or jellyfish, can be misleading because neither starfish nor jellyfish are closely related to fish.
So the Park Service issued a series of reports with bad, incomplete, misleading, or cherry-picked evidence of impacts to seagrasses, seals, water quality, and fish diversity.
