Statistical lies by Hala Thabet https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5 Quantitative Reasoning en-us 2018-01-31 10:11:35 UTC 2025-10-23 23:52:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png halasobhy https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/232461060 INSTRUCTIONS

Post 1 example for at LEAST 2 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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]]> 2018-02-16 18:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/232461060 Misleading Stats halasobhy https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/232465268 2018-02-16 18:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/232465268 halasobhy https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/232466681 I have added a site with some GOOD data representation to look at from the PEW research center below]]> 2018-02-16 18:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/232466681 Data Visualization halasobhy https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/232467490 http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/]]> 2018-02-16 18:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/232467490 US Unemployment rate under Obama https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240877596 A misleading graph that shows the unemployment rate in America with a baseline that starts at 7%, not 0&. It was also tested over a short period of time which is 3 months, making it loose its accuracy and credibility.
Saied, Myrna ]]> 2018-03-12 14:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240877596 one in four men rape https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240878270 Abdelrhman Elsadany, Toqa
the sample size (1738) was not representative of the African males
http://www.irinnews.org/report/84909/south-africa-one-four-men-rape

]]> 2018-03-12 14:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240878270 Spelling bee words and Venomous Spiders https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240878910 A Spurious correlation graph was submitted in the National Spelling Bee and Centers for Disease Control and prevention. They linked Letters in winning words of Spelling bee and Number of people killed by venomous spiders. 
Yousif Ahmad and Hadeer Ali]]> 2018-03-12 14:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240878910 https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240879467 Omar and Youssef S

the graph did not start from zero therefore danielle's result looks way more , even though the difference is only 1 % .]]> 2018-03-12 14:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240879467 STUDY: Cocky Teenagers Make More Money As Adults https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240879531 Tia
Abdelghany
Mariam
"If you're an adult with high self-esteem, you'll make more money.

This study suggeest that people with highconfidence are more ikely to get high salary]]> 2018-03-12 14:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240879531 Nada and Sanderine https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240879601 this graph doesn't start from zero which makes the difference between the numbers seem big when its not.]]> 2018-03-12 14:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240879601 "Be 100% sure" https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240879707 Mariam 
Abdelghany
Tia

Dettol tends to have over confidence of their products, and so they write things like "99.9%" sure, or in this case "100%" sure. There is no way that this product cleans our hands "100%"

]]> 2018-03-12 14:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240879707 Magdelina & Mohamed Mounir https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240879874 the graph is not scaled correctly, so it does not give an accurate representation of the data.]]> 2018-03-12 14:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240879874 Confidence and Productivity https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240881096 When your are confident your ego boosts high as you believe that you can do the task at hand, then you succeed at the doing that task in a great way, however confidence and motivation are two different things.
Roba
Hana

]]> 2018-03-12 14:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240881096 Correlation between human population and species extinction saiedsadeq https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240881245 correlation do,es not prove causality, maybe the natural climate change is enhancing the increase of human population and is not suitable for other species.
Saied, Myrna.]]> 2018-03-12 14:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240881245 https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240881526 Magdelina
Mohamed Mounir
The poll is biased because it a racist poll.]]> 2018-03-12 14:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240881526 Hana , Roba https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240882013 Wimbledon comprises 1% of the tournement convernsion

as due to Wimbledon supplies high or profitable tournments they should or people see that they comprise some of their right or of their money for the sake of the reputation or how profitable what they are supplying for
]]> 2018-03-12 14:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240882013 Abdelrhman Elsadany, Toqa https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240882250 There are a few things we can get out of this larger context. One is that graduation rates were already trending upward when Barack Obama became president. Another is that, as of 2012, the percentage point increase in graduation rates was higher under Obama than any previous president. And if the 2014 graduation rate was 82%, as the White House chart shows, that increase is actually closer to seven points]]> 2018-03-12 14:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240882250 Concerns of water pollution in Seine River https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240882820 People were asked about their concern of water pollutions in the Seine Rivers. They were grouped as: Not Concerned, a little bit concerned, Moderately, and a lot. The pie chart didn't add up to 100%
Hadeer Ali and Yousif Ahmad ]]> 2018-03-12 14:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240882820 Autism and organic food sales.- Nada and Sandreen https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240882930 The graph shows that through out the years, the increase of organic food sales, causes an increase in autism. ]]> 2018-03-12 14:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240882930 https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240883457 Omar and Youssef S 
its shown as if entertainment has larger size than personal insurance even though personal insurance is 24 % and entertainment is 13 %.

]]> 2018-03-12 14:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/240883457 Mohamed, Amr, Omar https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/458133613 Not only high correlation value; it need to be logical correlation. ]]> 2020-03-11 07:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/458133613 dzingwas https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/462428322 2020-03-16 22:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/462428322 Maryam Nasser https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/827977617 2020-10-14 08:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/827977617 Maryam Nasser https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/827998186 2020-10-14 09:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/827998186 https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/1315082078 2021-03-16 11:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/halasobhy/i122g49qtfw5/wish/1315082078