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Phoney figures
This resource from the Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education (RSSCSE) consists of the level 3 units. For each unit below there are comprehensive teacher's notes giving an overview of the unit, the aims and objectives for that unit, prior learning or prerequisites and the equipment required. Students are introduced to various abuses of statistics, including errors in representation and presentation, and errors of omission. On completing this unit students should be able to criticise constructively any of the more common misuses of data in advertising or argument.
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