Probability in Society

I found statistics on Mental Health in Canada. http://www.cmha.ca/media/fast-facts-about-mental-illness/#.WSXuXPWcFdg I found that 20% of Canadians face a Mental illness at least once in their lifetime. The population used in this survey were Canadians and the type of sample used to find the amount of Canadians suffering from mental illness was Convenience. We don’t know the personal […]

McArthur2017DataAnalysisThoughts

I believe statistics plays a big part in our society. Lately we have many opinions on political views and actions. We use statistics to form those opinions and learn more about politics by doing so. I learned that it is not always easy to believe or trust all statistics or surveys as they may be quite bias […]

11.1 Factors Influencing Data Collection

We learned about data collection and surveys. There was a question from 2004 asking if shops/stores in Nova Scotia should be open on Sundays. I believe they should be and I vote yes on the subject. When I first read the article I thought that it was a simple and straight forward question. But after […]