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Interpreting Statistics: A Case of Muddying the Waters

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Is river pollution affecting the number of visitors to Riverside Center, and is the factory built upstream the cause of the pollution? Let your class be the judge, literally, as they weigh the statistical evidence offered by the factory representative and the EPA. The activity also addresses the dangers of misapplying simple statistics and illustrates some of the common abuses of statistics and charts by the media.

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9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Duration
2 hrs
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Collaborative Learning
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