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Descriptive Statistics Used in The Economic Health of A Nation Question

 

Help me study for my Data Analytics class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

1. Read the pdf document, only Chapter 2-3 (page 13-30).

2. Answer the following question base on your understanding and experience:

What are descriptive statistics useful for? 

How can they be used to mislead? 

Provide an example from your own experience of a time when descriptive statistics were used to deceive or mislead the public, whether intentionally or unintentionally (consider recent news stories, political issues, advocacy groups, etc).

https://qz.com/1872980/how-bad-covid-19-data-visua…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertpearl/2020/09/2…