Essays Tagged: "Ed Finn"

Ways in which statistics can be used or misused to assist and mislead us, and how we can determine whether to accept the statistical evidence that is present to us.

using statistics to present data to the masses, and people have been taking these numbers for granted and believing it without any further inquiry. But what are these statistics really? Professor Joh ... t the audiences get out of the survey. In this essay I will further explore how statistics can be used or misused in different areas of knowledge to assist and mislead us. Then from those I will concl ...

(6 pages) 73 0 3.6 Sep/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

TOK: Discuss the ways in which statistics can be used or misused to assist and mislead us, and how we can determine whether to accept the statistical evidence present to us.

eople have been using statistics to present data to the masses who then took these numbers for granted and believed it without any further inquiry. But what are such statistics really? Professor John ... the audiences get out of the survey. In this essay I will intend to explore how statistics can be used or misused in different areas of knowledge to assist and mislead us. I will then try to clarify h ...

(6 pages) 88 2 4.3 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

How Statistics Can Be Used and Abused

Statistics can be very helpful in providing interpretation of reality but also can be used to distort our understanding. Discuss some of the ways in which statistics can be used or misused ... ing. Discuss some of the ways in which statistics can be used or misused in different Areas of Knowledge to assist and mislead us, and how we can determine whether to accept the statistical evidence t ... in South Africa have AIDS , Unemployment Reaches New High of 9.3 Percent , etc. Statistics is supposed to convey information in an objective and comprehendible way to the general population. However, ...

(3 pages) 74 0 1.7 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics