Most marketers rely on intuition rather than data-driven decision making, with only 20% of Fortune 1000 companies relying heavily on data. When tested on basic statistical questions, only 5% of marketers owned a statistics textbook and around half answered all questions incorrectly. While big data is driving decision making away from gut feelings, marketers generally lack the statistical aptitude to properly analyze and apply data. This can lead them to get dangerously distracted by irrelevant data and constantly change projects without achieving results. Successful marketers focus on higher-order goals and can filter out irrelevant noise in the data, though only about 10% have this ability. Managers need to guide their teams to properly use data in decision making and focus on important metrics like