Sp 18 copy of Quantitative Reasoning STUDENT VERSION by Hoda Mostafa https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k Made with swagger en-us 2018-03-05 08:08:39 UTC 2023-06-01 01:19:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Your task hodamostafa https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/237962347 Post 1 example for at LEAST 3 of each of the "statistical lies" that are used to trick us into believing strange things! AND seen in newspapers and online every day. 
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3-Add the link or image]]> 2018-03-05 08:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/237962347 Zeina El Sayed zeinaels https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/240957095 The 'Kills 99.99% of germs' in hand sanitizers. When actually tested in the lab, they found out that it only kills 46% of germs. But if they do actually claim that it kills 99.99%, then where did that 0.01% go?]]> 2018-03-12 16:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/240957095 Zeina El Sayed zeinaels https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/240960453 Obamacare signups - when 7 million was 5x more than 6 million - wanting to show an exaggerated number as a goal for the future.]]> 2018-03-12 16:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/240960453 Habiba Allam https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/240966932 FOX News published a chart on 2011 that shows how terrible of a job Obama has done of improving the unemployment crisis
Note that the value plotted in November (8.6) is not correct
The graph might look like it has a steep incline when in fact the whole employment rate is stable around 9%
]]> 2018-03-12 16:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/240966932 https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/240969926 The graph makes the welfare problem look like it’s out of control. But in reality the y-axis starts at 94 million! ]]> 2018-03-12 16:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/240969926 It turns out that when they did a survey the doctors could choose more than one brand https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/240998443 2018-03-12 17:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/240998443 Habiba Allam https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241007094 Correlation doesn't mean causation. This graph has two variables that have no relation to one another (The number of people who die by becoming tangled in their bedsheets and cheese consumed)
Link: http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations ]]> 2018-03-12 17:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241007094 Haya El Zayat https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241040074

 
]]> 2018-03-12 18:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241040074 Haya El Zayat https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241043555 "Only one in 10 Americans possess a passport. This is a figure routinely touted as evidence of US insulation from and ignorance of the world – which in turns explains perceived foreign policy blunders in Iraq, Afghanistan and across the Middle East, Asia and Africa. That may be a real phenomenon, or it may not. But even if it is, it isn’t down to lack of travel. At the last count, 114,460,000 Americans – 37% – had passports. "]]> 2018-03-12 18:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241043555 Tatiana Chalhoub https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241044028 This graph is misleading. It looks like the temperature is rising but little do we realize that it only shows the first half of the year, so of course the temperature rises dramatically. ]]> 2018-03-12 18:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241044028 Tatiana Chalhoub https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241048152 This graph shows two unrelated variables together and tries to convince people that they're related. (Age of miss America and murder by steam, hot vapors and hot objects) ]]> 2018-03-12 18:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241048152 Omar Wahba https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241076322 This graph shows that Sweden is the rape capital of Europe, but Sweden just defines rape more broadly so they have more rape incidents.
]]> 2018-03-12 19:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241076322 Hend Emam https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241079571 This graph shows that there is a coreelation between the divorce rate in Maine and the consumption of margarine per person, and how they decrease and increase together; this may be true.However, in no way does that mean that one is causing the other, as they are not related in any way. Also, the similar names make it even more ridiculous, nothing is proved to cause the other without a random controlled trial ]]> 2018-03-12 19:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241079571 Omar Wahba https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241081912   But according to a 1997 Federal Trade Commission report, just 16% of pediatricians recommended Gerber to their patients.
 ]]> 2018-03-12 19:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241081912 Hend Emam https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241089729 This Itch relief graph is definitely manipulative, not even due to the scales but because simply it completely lacks labels. Leaving consumers to assume that lanacane is more effective than aniti-itch cream.However, technically this graphs tells us absolutely no statistics/facts ]]> 2018-03-12 19:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241089729 *Shahinda ElDefrawy This graph makes it look like the deficit has always been high, due to the fact the graph starts in 2009, this could lead to think that the deficit is continuing but it hasn’t. The deficit was just 1.2 percent of GDP in 2007, when the housing market collapsed. https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241115104 2018-03-12 20:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241115104 Ahmed Shafik ahmedshafik88 https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241117930 A tic tac is mostly sugar. However, the reason Tic Tac can confidently say that they re sugar free or their sugar levels being a confident 0 is that the FDA permits labeling any amount of sugar under 0.5 grams as a 0. A single tic tac is under 0.5 grams.]]> 2018-03-12 20:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241117930 Ahmed Shafik ahmedshafik88 https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241120920 This graph shows a 0.6 degree decrease in mean temperatures from 1998 to 2012. However, the graph fails to mention that 1998 was an exceptionally hot year due to other factors. It also takes into account only 14 years while weather cycles are typically measured every 30 years.]]> 2018-03-12 20:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241120920 Shahinda El Defrawy https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241129294 This graph shows that there is a relationship between these two variables when actually there is not because there is no relation between your shoe size and the iq. ]]> 2018-03-12 21:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241129294 Yasmin Tarek yelkhadrawe https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241153343
The numbers are correct, however they did not result of the medication. it was a result of the placebo group gaining wait increasing the difference. In an experiment or a study everything should be kept constant especially the weight of those in the placebo group.

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The axis was altered to look as if the number of cancer screening and prevention services decrease as the number of abortions increase. However as you can see in the second graph is relatively constant.]]> 2018-03-12 23:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241153538 Mariam khaled https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241167699 polls from CNN represented a graph in which Trump was voted to be the most unfavorable incoming president in modern history but it was then proven to be false and was adjusted by pollers ]]> 2018-03-13 00:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241167699 Mariam khaled https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241169520 the graph below shows an ambiguous correlation between eating sour cream and the number of motorbike accidents. there were no evidence given to prove such relation however, people will interpret the way the way they want. In order to create a reliable correlation we have to search for evidence and test them to be able to support the relationships between variables that create such causation.]]> 2018-03-13 01:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241169520 Eman Ateya https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241213663 This graph shows the number of Olympic medals won by a country. According to the scale of the image, the value of one medal drawn represents almost 250 medals. Therefore, the difference between USA and Russia (more than 1000 medals according to the number written) cannot by represented by only one medal.]]> 2018-03-13 06:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241213663 Eman Ateya https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241215848  In 2009 and 2010, Reebok made the following claims about its "EasyTone" and "RunTone" shoes: Lab tests “proved” that the shoes work “your hamstrings and calves up to 11% harder and tone your butt up to 28% more than regular sneakers … just by walking!”. ]]> 2018-03-13 06:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241215848 Nada El Gabalawy https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241220530 This bar graph shows the devastating drop in this pitcher's speed after one year. The bar graph here illustrates a huge gap between the two speeds. However, the drop in his speed was only 2.0 MPH.]]> 2018-03-13 07:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241220530 Nada El Gabalawy https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241221311 This graph shows that there is a correlation between the number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bedsheets and the total revenue generated by skiing facilities. However, the two variable are completely unrelated to each other, they cannot cause each other. ]]> 2018-03-13 07:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241221311 Omar Hamed https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241248624 The Scotland Independence poll is definitely played with. Either the ‘Yes’ or the ‘No’ is a hoax just to increase the number of votes because adding 52 and 58 exceeds 100. ]]> 2018-03-13 08:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241248624 Logain El Talawy https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241251348 This is an example of a good looking graph because although the difference is only 1066000 which in basically 1 million the graph makes it look like a difference of 5 million or more. ]]> 2018-03-13 09:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241251348 omar el nebei omar_nebei https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241251913  how come they are both 37% and one is higher than the other
 ]]> 2018-03-13 09:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241251913 Logain El Talawy https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241252392 This an example of spectacular statistics that most soap companies use because the statistics or percentage is over exaggaruted to make audience shocked and surprised while its not 100% accurate.]]> 2018-03-13 09:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241252392 Omar Hamed https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241254772 This graph shows two unaffiliated variables being measured. How could anyone compare between computer science doctorates awards in the US and the net worth generated by arcades? ]]> 2018-03-13 09:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241254772 omar el nebei omar_nebei https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241255948 there is no correlation between Nicholas cage and swimming pool drownings

]]> 2018-03-13 09:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241255948 Youssef Talawy talawy https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241276178 this is an example of a good looking graph because it shows the big difference that could have happened if bush tax cuts expired although it only starts at 34 ]]> 2018-03-13 10:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241276178 Youssef Talawy talawy https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241283856 this is also a misleading graph because it emphasizes that over 100 million people are receiving some form of federal welfare although it only starts at 94 million so it should not be that big of a deal]]> 2018-03-13 10:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241283856 Maryam Abouzeid maryamabouzeid https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241289075 This graph measures the increase in innovation from 2007 to 2015. This may be true the graph shows an increase in innovation, but how is innovation measured. There is no unit used for innovation the graph just aims to show an upwards slope in innovation. ]]> 2018-03-13 11:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241289075 Maryam Abouzeid maryamabouzeid https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241289598 In this case the graph suggests that MMR vaccines cause autism. However, correlation is not causation. This may be due to a number of reasons: the diagnosis for autism became broader or the number of cases reported are growing. Or the graphs just simply rise together ]]> 2018-03-13 11:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241289598 Maryam Abouzeid (Follow up) maryamabouzeid https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241289870 Supposedly with this mindset being born in January or December increases the chances of a child being born with autism. Correlation is not causation.]]> 2018-03-13 11:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241289870 Maryam Abouzeid (Follow Up) maryamabouzeid https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241289979 Another example that correlates is organic food sales and autism again showing correlation doesn’t mean causation.]]> 2018-03-13 11:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241289979 Ali Shawky alishawky3 https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241290668 This graph details that Higher education is not worth it due to the cost of the education not giving back a good return. Ignoring the possibility that not going to college may diminish your returns even more]]> 2018-03-13 11:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241290668 Ali Ahmed Shawky alishawky3 https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241292964 The graph presented here is trying to show that apparently not wearing your leads to an astronaut's death. The connection seems real but in reality it isn't. Just because it is correlated doesn't mean it is causation]]> 2018-03-13 11:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241292964 Donatella Boshra https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241525832 Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (2014). Surveys conducted late in October showed Democrat Jack Conway with a healthy lead over his Republican rival, Mr. Bevin. That didn’t happen. Mr. Bevin won by nearly 8 points. The polls had underestimated Republican turnout and undecided voters overwhelmingly broke toward Mr. Bevin.]]> 2018-03-13 17:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241525832 Donatella Boshra https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241533431 the British tabloid the Mail (newspaper) claimed that global warming had stopped.
  1. The graph is showing air temperatures. This is a very poor measure of global warming, because much of the heat ends up in the oceans.
  2. This is a very short term graph. You can’t make good predictions based on a little data. A better graph for global warming would show the trend since the industrial revolution.

]]> 2018-03-13 17:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/241533431 Tasneem Hatem https://padlet.com/hodamostafa/gsg6akec111k/wish/259535738 You might be thinking that the graph on the proper shows the days makes double the sales of The Daily Telegraph. however take a {more in-depth} check up on the dimensions and you’ll see though the days will build more sales, it’s solely beating the competition by regarding 100 percent.


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