January 12, 2013
Some kind of bizarre coincidence?
The current H3N2 flu strain is causing serious illness in the US.
From the journalism blog heads-up, two adjacent headlines at Fox News
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A nomination for stat of the week / bad use of stats:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/8162258/Feeling-the-heat-Don-t-believe-it
ONE car went either way well out of what it actually was, yet the article presents it as if you should never trust the car…
11 years ago
Could you add this to our Stat of the Summer competition Amelia?
Nomination form here »
11 years ago