Instructions
For the topic listed below, find a relevant misrepresentation of statistical information in the media or popular press and answer the questions provided. Typically the source material will include a chart or table with accompanying text or a chart/table alone. Provide a photo or screen capture representing what you have chosen as well as the details (reference) to the source of the material. Note: there are a plethora of sources that have compiled examples as well as analyses of misleading statistics or charts – do not rely on these – you must find your own. (meaning must find one on your on not one that is everywhere on social media ex: fox news ones)
Topic: Find an example of a relationship and/or “prediction” or modelling between two variables employed in the media or popular press that is presented in an ambiguous, problematic or misleading way and respond to the following questions:
What story are the authors trying to tell with these statistics (what is the apparent message)?
What is ambiguous, problematic or misleading with respect to the presentation of the relationship/prediction? Note: your example must be specific to issues around associations, predictions or modelling.
What would the clear, accurate message be, based on what is there?
Submission Instructions:
The assignment should be no more than about 500 words (about 2 pages) in length, double-spaced, with 12 point font, and standard margins (1 to 1 ½ inch), including appendices, images, exhibits and references.
All facts and ideas that are not original must be cited using a consistent form of citation.
The assignment must be coherent, well organized, easy to read, and free of grammatical and spelling errors.
Late work due to personal emergency may be accepted. Please email your instructor in the event of an emergency that prevents you from completing work.
I’ve attached the textbook so you know what type of content that needs to to be included. We are on chapter 7, and here are the practice problems the professors asked us to complete to understand teh content :
Chapter 7: #’s 1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 19 (use Xbar = 7.07 and Ybar = 11.20), 21, 23, 29, 37, 47, 51
