A Lesson on Numbers in the News

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A Lesson on Numbers in the News

November 8, 2013tinyicon_180

With the growth of “big data”, more and more reporters are using statistics and numbers in stories, which in some cases only serve to obfuscate facts to the reader and watchers. So, what should you be aware of when you are presented with numbers and statistics in a news story?

Alex Atwood, a Nuclear Physicist who teaches Mathematics at Suffolk County Community College helps to explain in this short video the skills that a savvy news consumer should have when presented with numbers in the news.