Math 9 McArthur 2017 Data Analysis Thoughts

  1. I think statistics help companies improve their service and their products, help schools to improve aspects and to improve education for students, and influence people’s opinions and their decisions.
  2. I learned that statistics are important for influencing people’s decisions and their opinions on different topics/subjects.
  3. Statistics can be used to make a topic sound dramtic, sound interesting, can be used to manipulate people, they can be misleading, invalid, full of lies, and unreliable, and/or vague.