March 9, 2015

Stat of the Week Competition Discussion: March 7 – 13 2015

If you’d like to comment on or debate any of this week’s Stat of the Week nominations, please do so below!

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Rachel Cunliffe is the co-director of CensusAtSchool and currently consults for the Department of Statistics. Her interests include statistical literacy, social media and blogging. See all posts by Rachel Cunliffe »

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    Thomas Lumley

    I had the same reaction to that StatsNZ tweet.

    Technically I’d say it’s ambiguous rather than wrong, but the incorrect reading seems the more natural one, and is importantly misleading.

    9 years ago