January 24, 2012

How to read road-toll statistics

Chris Triggs of the Department of Statistics at The University of Auckland was on Graeme Hill’s Radio Live show in the weekend to explain how we should read road-toll statistics. Remember … it’s not ‘killer roads’, it’s a random-chance phenomenon. Start at 24 mins 45 sec.

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Atakohu Middleton is an Auckland journalist with a keen interest in the way the media uses/abuses data. She happens to be married to a statistician. See all posts by Atakohu Middleton »