How the Media Lies with Statistics

Code: LH11801

Dates: March 17, 2025

Meets: 10:30 AM to 12 N

Sessions: 1

Course Fee: $39.00

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Examine how statistics are misused in the media. Polls are dependent on who is sampled. Case studies may get headline news, but are unreliable. Correlation does not mean causation. Averages are misleading without knowing the range of data. Selective data interpretation is often the case. It is important to ask what figures are missing in reading a story. We are vulnerable to statistical lies, and need to learn to spot them.
Fee: $39.00
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George Magakis

George Magakis, PhD, Licensed Psychologist; I have had 221 letters to the editor published on current events in the NY Times, NY Times Book Review, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, Miami Herald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kansas City Star, Chicago Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, New Yorker, and Richmond Free Press. All dealt with current events. In getting these letters published I learned what editors are looking for and how to write a compelling letter that is likely to get published. In the past, I have taught college level courses in psychology.

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