Statistical Sciences 1023A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: World Almanac, Flight Controller, Spring Break

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Free response questions: name one way in which you can encounter stories whose conclusions are based on data. News; internet; magazines; medical reports, etc: one of the goals of this course is to help you become an educated consumer of data. Name one way in which you consume" data. Newspaper; listen to the radio; watch tv news; read weather. Reports; read magazines, etc: explain briefly what it means to be an educated consumer of data. Before you believe the results; don"t believe everything you. Answer: when you see/hear/read the results of a study, you are. Summarized the information for you and already drawn the. Answer: d: how you determine whether or not to believe a statistic you come across depends on what, how the data were collected, how the data were measured, how the data were summarized, all of the above. Answer: d: which of the following is true about statistics, numbers don"t lie.