For our 4th quarter statistics benchmark we read a book called How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff. After reading the book, we held insightful conversations which with discussed amongst each other and recorded as well. In our podcast you will not only get an overarching idea about what the book is about, but you will also get to hear our views and opinions on different topics that play a key role in the book. By reading this book and recorded the podcasts we learned a lot about how statistics can be misleading which can either hurt or help the point that the statistic is trying to get across. This project also made us view statistics in a different way than we have been viewing it in the past. We hope that you enjoy our podcast and that you learn a little something about the book and about tricks statistics can play on people.
- Sierra Dinvil, Prisilla Nieves, & Marina Pyfrom
For the last four chapters, we discussed more ways of deception and also how to deal with those deceptions. Chapter 7 was about finding statistics for something, but then actually using a statistic from something else, though none of it is actually wrong. Chapter 8 was about cause and effect and whether cause and effect can be reversed. Chapter 9 was about using visual diagrams, showing majorities, but not paying attention to the actual numbers. Chapter 10 is about how to deal with all of the misleading statistics and realizing what is wrong or missing.
By:Group Members:
Chris Fichera
Chelsea Smith
Dayona Mcneil
Sophia Henninger
Group Members:
Chris Fichera
Chelsea Smith
Dayona Mcneil
Sophia Henninger
Discussion:
Today we discussed chapter nine and ten. This discussion was more about what we did and did not understand from the book. We tried to talk out the scenarios used to explain the concepts within the book.
Chris Fichera
Chelsea Smith
Dayona Mcneil
Sophia Henninger
Discussion:
Today, we discussed chapter seven, eight. We talked about how the connections made between studies and what they're trying to prove did not make sense. We agreed on the fact that most studies do not depict an accurate picture of the people involved.
The discussion itself was more like an actual conversation then trying to hit specific points. The only time we brought specific questions in were when we had already set up a situation from the book.
