Example
What is your best example of statistics being used to bend the truth?
Looking for your best example of twisted statistics (either in the press, research, advertising, etc.) to sell a point.
For example, I hear a lot of things in the press where reporters say some medication doubles your risk of getting cancer or something, even if it doubles your odds of getting it from one in 10 million to one in 5 million. It’s like saying “leaving your house increases your risk of getting killed by a falling meteorite by 500 percent”.
Anyone else got any good examples?
Sample Report:
Based on a study conducted in a public school it was found out that that 75% of delinquent students are Asian.
What would you think about that statistical report without the knowing the raw data? Majority of the Asian students are delinquent right?
Here is the raw data/information:
Total student populations: 1,000
where
800 are Asian descend (Either both parent or just one is Asian)
200 are mixed (American/Hispanic)
reported Delinquent Students: only 4
of which 3 are Asian descend
It’s easy to be fooled by statistics if you’re just given the final figure without background of the raw data, your populations, and other pertinent information to make the presentation more objective.
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