Research six types of misuse and abuse of statistics Study six links in "Survey misuse exercise" folder on Bb Find, criticize, and analyze a real-world misuse for each of six types Try to focus on business examples
For each of the six misuses you find, label your sections:
1. The Story, briefly summarize the story, and include URL or citation
2. The Flaw(s), explain what's wrong with the stats usage
3. The Reason, hypothesize about the author's motivated reasoning
4. The Lesson(s), as if to a relevant boss, apply critical thinking to explain how the usage would have to be redone to be valid
Finally, summarize (~200 words) your insights from this exercise, with respect to improving your own decision-making.
Six links:
1. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7542886.stm
2. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7554022.stm
3. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7568929.stm
4. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7581120.stm
5. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7592579.stm
6. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7605118.stm
4-5 pages (double space), and additional 200 words for summery.
APA format