https://youtu.be/Zwwanld4T1w above link for video Using the video from the previous section and the three images below as examples, find your own example of a deceptive statistic and discuss how & why it is deceptive. Why is it is important to present data from psychological testing in clear, honest, and consistent ways? In 2012 the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reportedly detected an increase in the incidence of autism in children 15 14. 13. 12. 11- 10 9. 8. (per 1000) 3. 2 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 Birth Year a u S m What could cause such a marked rise? Vaccines? GMO food? Actually the majority of the increase is due to the wider standards for being diagnosed. What would once have been diagnosed as mental illness is now recorded as falling on the autism spectrum. CHACHED.C/nNEW YORK STATE'S ROADWAYS ARE A VERITABLE DEATH TRAP WITH 966 TRAFFIC RELATED DEATHS IN 2015 ALONE! However, this is a state with a population of nearly 20 MILLION people. Now take safe-looking Wyoming. Wyoming saw 190 fatal crashes the same year, but less than 600,000 people live there. So by comparison, there were nearly 7 times as many traffic deaths per capita in Big Wyoming as in the Empire State. CRACKED COM Colgate Colgate "80% OF DENTISTS RECOMMEND COLGATE." BUT THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY PREFER COLGATE OVER OTHER BRANDS. THE AD DOESN'T TELL YOU THAT THE DENTISTS IN THE SURVEY WERE PERMITTED TO CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE BRAND. BUT "GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN USING THESE DENTAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS (ONE OF WHICH IS COLGATE) AND BRUSHING ALONE, 80% OF DENTISTS RECOMMEND USING TOOTHPASTE" ISN'T QUITE AS CATCHY. GRACKED.COM

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