The objective of this activity is to assess how well the media presents statistical information. For this activity, locate a news article that presents statistical information. You are specifically interested in assessing howthe news media presents statistical information. Use the following questions to guide your assessment of those articles:
• What is the news outlet, title of the article, and link to the article?
• What types of statistical information are presented in the article? (e.g., means, modes, or standard deviations) • Is any important information missing? If so, what should be included?
• What information is provided about how the data were collected?
• What is your overall assessment of the quality of the reporting on the data discussed in the articles?