Thursday, May 20, 2010

How do these survey questions show misleading statistics?

1. parents r asked , " should children waste their time visiting the internet?"


2. parents of young children r asked , "do u think all public restrooms should have changing tables?"


3. parents r asked , " should we develop hand-eye coordination by teaching our kids how to play computer games?"


4. the president of a large company asks her employees, " do u agree with my opinion each time i make a discussion about our company?"





please put a number next 2 ur answer so i know which one ur talking about.





these r examples


should skate boarders be allowed to endanger people by doing stunts on city park walkways.





misleading by emphasizing possible danger

How do these survey questions show misleading statistics?
#1 asks parents only; makes assumption that children waste time on internet


#2 asks parents of young children only; makes assumption that public restrooms should have changing tables


#3 only parents are asked; makes assumption that computer games develops eye hand coordination


#4 only employees asked; assumes all employees agree with her assessment of company





All questions skew the results.
Reply:1. Implies that the internet is a waste of time and that there is no real learning value to knowing how to navigate.


2.


3. Implies that this is the only learning being done. "hand eye"


4. Its the president of the company. Who is going to disagree?


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