UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS: A lot of statistics get thrown around - TopicsExpress



          

UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS: A lot of statistics get thrown around about a lot of topics. Usually, statistics are used to prove or disprove a contentious topic. They can be quite useful. But before statistics can have any meaning, you have to understand the data used to create those statistics. The underlying data and assumptions can go a long way to creating the wrong impression with statistics. Here is an interesting video detailing how the wearing of helmets dramatically increased the number of head wounds during World War 1. Its a good lesson in how statistics can give very skewed impressions. https://youtube/watch?v=1IQE0uZUMys
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:18:44 +0000

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