Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Good article on education statistics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4230970.stm

It's interesting how people really don't pay attention to numbers. Either they assume they won't understand or they simply don't care, but if you want to deceive people, throw them a statistic. It can be biased, misinterpreted, or just untrue. This article underscores the need to examine numbers and not just accept them blindly...