How to Lie with Statistics

Interpret statistical results in misleading ways.

Change the denominator. Pretend students didn't apply who actually did.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bernie Sanders

Image
Vermont's U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is a hero for speaking truth to power, something he has been doing his entire life, regardless of whether it's been politically popular. He's one of the few public officials who has entered the U.S. Senate chamber and not become co-opted by it. Now, I may be biased as a former Vermonter who watched his rise from third-party also-ran to mayor of Burlington to U.S. congressman to U.S. senator. Bernie is genuine, he is forthright, perhaps a bit holier than thou at times. He is the real deal. Check out his 13-minute speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on November 30, 2010 providing a compelling and detailed analysis of historic economic inequality in America and the duplicity of Republicans talking woefully about the national debt and budget deficit one minute and pushing as their top priority tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires that would break the bank the next. Sanders is one of the few national leaders making any sense tod...
Read more

How a Pupil Can Profit from Tutoring

There are times where no area how intelligent a student may be, and no matter how hard she or he might work, an institution subject shows to be too much to deal with. Whether the course is physics, algebra, a foreign language or anything else, in some cases you just need the type of assistance that somebody well versed in tutoring can offer. There are several advantages that a student can acquire from a tutoring professional. It offers pupils with a possibility to get additional knowing at the end of the school day. Because college lets out fairly early in the majority of instances, there is still a lot of time for additional education. He or she can provide added learning sessions so that students can when again go over material they could hot have fully realized previously in the day. They can also assist pupils get a running start on jobs that may be due in the near future. Teachers are incredible at exactly what they do, and work incredibly tough to respond to as lots...
Read more

Rick Scott insults all of Florida’s teachers... again.

Image
By placing a Teach for America hobbyist on the state board of education, Rick Scott thumbed his nose at all the hard working men and women who sacrifice so much for the state’s children. Teach for America in case you have been living under a rock takes non education majors, puts them through a five week access course and then puts them in our neediest classrooms or the exact opposite of what people call best practices.     In case you were wavering because of the pennies he recently threw the states teachers please also remember that under his watch the state stole 3 percent of teacher’s pay to balance the books, and a draconian and nonsensical teacher evaluation system was enacted.   This also continues the state's policy of not putting educators or experienced applicants in charge of education and then we wonder why we are in trouble. Shameful.
Read more