Grantham HU260 2022 August Week 5 Discussion Latest
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Updated on: 08/13/2022 03:59 PM Due on: 08/14/2022
HU260 Strategies for Decision Making
Week 5 Discussion
Inductive Fallacies
Statistics carry with them the air of authority. The accuracy and precision they offer makes a given position more credible and believable. But statistics can also be misused to convince us of things that aren’t true.
This week, you will write about a time in which you were persuaded by faulty statistics.
What was the faulty statistic?
Why was it faulty?
Why were you initially convinced?
How did you discover that the statistic was in fact faulty?
In your follow up posts, respond to two other students and compare and contrast your experiences with bad statistics. Give each other advice on how to avoid being misled by faulty statistics.
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