Introduction to Statistics - Statistical and Critical Thinking
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What is the Pitfall of 'Loaded Questions'?
What is the Pitfall of 'Order of Questions'?
- "Would you say that traffic contributes more or less to air pollution than industry?" (45% blamed traffic; 27% blamed industry.)
- "Would you say that industry contributes more or less to air pollution than traffic?" (24% blamed traffic; 57% blamed industry.)
What is the Pitfall of 'Nonresponse'?
A example for this is:
You're asking several questions about the vaccination-campaign, anti-vaxxers may refuse to answer and therefore you should consider your conclusions carefully. Because you didn't get their answers and they could have delivered significantly different results than the answers you did get.
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What is the Pitfall of 'Precise Numbers'?
For example: It is estimated that the NL has 17.654.354 people. People will think that is the exact number, you could better state that there are 17.7 million people in the NL.
What is the Pitfall of 'Percentages'?
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