Misleading stats in the news
[DOC File]What is poverty and who are the poor
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[D]epicting the consumption expenditures of the rich as growing at a much faster rate than the consumption expenditures of the poor is somewhat misleading. It is very unlikely that all of the households that were in the poorest 20% of the population in 1992-93 were again in the poorest 20% in 1997-98; some of them moved up into wealthier groups.
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The range is 0-12. But most scores are really 0-5, thus, the range can be misleading. Another method is to subtract each observation from the mean of the data set. This is the Standard Deviation. Below is an example of how to calculate the standard deviation of the data set above. The mean in …
[DOC File]STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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As discussed above, EAMS is a computerized system that the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has created pursuant to a legislative appropriation. (Stats. 2004, ch. 208, Item 7350-001-0223(4), p. 592 (S.B. 1113 [appropriations bill].) The WCAB will leave it to the Court Administrator of DWC to assess the cost impacts of EAMS. 2
[DOC File]Looking Back at Developmental Disabilities Services in ...
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News media publicized the audit findings and lawsuits as well as several other incidents. In November 2005, a Seattle television news station aired a special report on unexpected deaths and other incidents at one of the state’s Residential Habilitation Centers.
[DOC File]IS THE LOS ANGELES TIME ARTICLE, “Billions Spent, But ...
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misleading in stating that Metro ridership is down, in reality, the downward trend in ridership of the principal transit operator in Los Angeles is actually far worse than the Times article and the data in …
[DOC File]Area of Learning: MATHEMATICS
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probability and statistics in society [population versus sample, bias, ethics] (e.g., sampling techniques, misleading stats) financial literacy – simple budgets and transactions (e.g., banking, interest, savings, planned purchases) Area of Learning: MATHEMATICS Grade 9
[DOC File]Outline for Independent Study Project – EMSE 298
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News reports describing victims as being ‘regular’ people, doing ‘regular’ things, made it very easy for people to imagine themselves succumbing to a similar fate. Slovic and his colleagues described how events that are “out of sight [are] effectively out of mind.” (Slovic, Fischhoff, and Lichtenstein. 1979).
[DOC File]AP Stats Chapter 5 Notes: Producing Data
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AP Stats Chapter 5 Notes: ... When 22% of the sample said “possible,” the news media wondered how so many Americans could be uncertain that the Holocaust happened. Then a second poll asked the question in a different way. ... The first experiment results were misleading because the effects of the explanatory variable were confounded with ...
[DOC File]How to Write a Good Story - UNECE
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Current events (statistics on a topic frequently in the news) Calendar themes (spring, etc.) New findings . A continuing series (This Is The Way We Live Now, Spotlight on XXXXX each week) How do you write like a journalist? Write in inverted pyramid style. Tell the conclusions or findings at the top. If necessary, include details later.
[DOC File]Title Page - California
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Misleading TV Programs and Movies. Biased News Media Portrayal, and. Insufficient Positive News Media Portrayal. (California Law Enforcement Image Coalition Survey 1998) This leads to the larger question of how the profession can re-educate the public, and spin a more positive view than that portrayed by the media.
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