Navigating Digital Information #8

Multiple Choice

"I did do that survey, and 90% of people did agree with those positive statements about Crash Course. But, I surveyed 10 people who work on Crash Course."

Why is this survey misleading?

• The number of people surveyed was very small.

• The people surveyed were from a group that would likely be in favor of Crash Course.

• Both; the sample size is too small with a non-representative perspective.

• Neither; The survey is accurate.

Multiple Choice

"Data can be derived from observation, experimentation, investigation, or..."

• All Three

• None of the Above

Dropdown

Data provides detailed and descriptive ​

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about the world around us.

Multiple Choice

What's an example of a statistic?

• The sky is often blue during the day.

• 17 out of 20 students passed the class.

• I prefer the first Joker movie to the second.

Multiple Choice

"Because statistics can seem neutral and irrefutable, they can be used to profoundly deceive us as well."

What does deceive mean?

• Complete trust or confidence in someone or something.

• An idea or opinion produced by thinking, or occurring suddenly in the mind.

• To cause someone to believe something that is not true

Multiple Choice

What is MOST suspicious about this

• There's no profile picture.

• His last name is Smith.

• There are no sources.

Multiple Choice

Does this table show that male tennis players are punished at a higher rate than female tennis players for misbehavior?

• Yes, men are punished more often than women, so they are punished at a higher rate.

• No, it only shows the number of punishments, not the percentages of punishments per offense.

Open Ended

If a TikToker posts a sponsered video that says 9 in 10 people who drink Bang Energy love it, why should you be suspicious of that statistic? (Write at least 1 complete sentence.)

Dropdown

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, like charts and graphs and infographics, can be amazing ways of displaying information.

Multiple Choice

What's an example of a data visualization?

Hotspot

Where is the evidence that this data visualization is not based on real information?

Hotspot

Click on the problem with this data visualization.

Multiple Choice

Why is this bar graph misleading?

• The bars are all the same color. If they were different colors the increase in profits would be clearer.

• It only shows a few months of the year on the x-axis, so it's impossible to know what happened after May.

• The increase in profits seems very high because the y-axis is too 'zoomed in.'

Open Ended

What do you think you are meant to believe after seeing this image? How is it misleading? (Answer with at least 3 complete sentences.)