On January 31, I’m moderating a ScienceOnline session called “Public Statistics.” Our goals include sharing resources for journalists who want to do a better job writing about statistics and identifying problems in statistics communication.
A member of the order Lepidoptera enjoys my favorite green space in Chicago, Garfield Park Conservatory.
To introduce this session, I wrote a post at Roots of Unity in which I discussed the use of statistics in an article I had read about urban gardening in the city of Chicago.
“Statistics are used and misused all over newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. And they’re necessary. Without them, science papers can’t accurately describe the size of an effect or the probability that it was due purely to chance, and reporters can’t let people know what a new study means. How can we, as bloggers, reporters, and editors, increase the quality of statistics reporting in the media? And what should the media consumer look out for when reading these stories?”
Read the full post at Roots of Unity.
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