Which of the following is not a misuse of statistics?
a. Taking a statistic out of context.
b. Neglecting to take the proper units into account (such as crime rate vs. number of crimes).
c. Reporting a number that you didn't expect.
d. All of these are examples of misleading statistics.
Question 2
Suppose you want to conduct a survey to determine who is most likely to win the next presidential election. Which of the following would be considered to be a representative (unbiased) sample?
a. 1,000 likely voters who called in to a local radio talk show.
b. 1,000 likely voters who returned surveys sent to everyone on a Democrat or Republican newsletter mailing list.
c. 1,000 likely voters who replied to an Internet website survey.
d. None of these would be considered to be representative samples.
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