padding the stats

Definition

Definition of padding the stats - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun, plural

manipulating numbers

practice of changing numbers to create false success impression

Padding the stats is common in some competitive sports.

distortion

falsification

manipulation

deceptive data

Rare

instance of using inflated numbers to deceive or impress others

Rare

The report was full of padding the stats to attract investors.

cheating

deception

fraud

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Expressions with padding

stat padding

artificially increasing statistics to look more successful

He was accused of stat padding during the last game.

Expressions with stats

crunch the stats

analyze numbers to spot trends and guide choices

Before launching, we crunched the stats to predict demand.

Examples of padding the stats in a sentence

The manager was accused of padding the stats to secure a bonus.
The athlete was accused of padding the stats to secure a better contract.
Padding the stats in the sales report misled the management about actual performance.

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French:gonflage des chiffres, gonflement des chiffres, ...
German:Zahlenfrisierung, Schönfärberei der Statistiken, ...
Italian:gonfiamento delle statistiche, falsificazione delle statistiche, ...
Spanish:inflar las estadísticas, inflar las cifras, ...
Portuguese:manipulação, inflacionamento de estatísticas, ...
Chinese:数据造假, 数据夸大, ...
Japanese:成績の水増し, 数値の水増し, ...
Arabic:تَضْخِيم الإِحْصَاءَات, تزييف الإحصاءات, ...
Hebrew:נִיפּוּחַ סְטָטִיסְטִיקוֹת, נִפּוּחַ נְתוּנִים, ...
Russian:накрутка статистики, искусственное завышение данных, ...
Ukrainian:накручування статистики, завищення показників, ...
Hindi:आंकड़ों को बढ़ाना, आंकड़ों में बढ़ोतरी, ...
Bengali:পরিসংখ্যান ফাঁপানো, ...
Catalan:inflar les estadístiques, inflament de dades, ...
Czech:falšování, umělé navyšování statistik, ...
Danish:talmanipulation, opblæste statistikker, ...
Dutch:cijfers opblazen, statistieken aandikken, ...
Greek:διόγκωση στατιστικών, φούσκωμα στατιστικών, ...
Hungarian:statisztikák feljavítása, statisztikahamisítás, ...
Khmer:ការកែតួលេខឱ្យមើលទៅជោគជ័យមិនពិត, ការបំប៉ោងតួលេខស្ថិតិដើម្បីបោកបញ្ឆោត ឬធ្វើឱ្យអ្នកដទៃចាប់អារម្មណ៍, ...
Korean:통계 부풀리기, 수치 부풀리기, ...
Persian:دستکاری آمار, داده‌سازی اغراق‌آمیز, ...
Polish:podkręcanie statystyk, zafałszowanie statystyk, ...
Portuguese (BR):maquiagem de estatísticas, maquiar os dados, ...
Romanian:umflarea statisticilor, umflarea cifrelor, ...
Swedish:putsa siffrorna, putsa statistiken, ...
Thai:การปรับแต่งสถิติ, การบวกรายงานสถิติ, ...
Turkish:istatistik şişirme, istatistik şişirmesi, ...
Vietnamese:làm giả số liệu, làm phóng đại số liệu, ...

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