• Explain what role you think statistics have in our society.

Statistics have a large impact and are very important in our society. Also our opinions are very often influenced by statistics, whether it’s true or false.

 

• Explain anything new that you have learned about the importance of statistics in our society.

From the article, I’ve learned that statistics have a great deal of power in our world because people everywhere want to know the opinions of others. Also, I learned that even when some statistics are true, the type of wording can make the results misleading.

 

• Describe the different types of problems with statistics

Some problems are that while some statistics are true, others are not. You could be fed false information from the survey. There are also unfair poll questions that are worded in a negative or positive way in order to get a certain response.