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.

    10 years ago