Here's the site for the CDC with lots of graphs - and presumably fewer gaffes...(heh heh)http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_07.pdf
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Christopher D. Green <[email protected]>wrote: > > For those of you who like to follow bad presentations of statistical data > in the news, here's a real doosie. > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_he_me/med_teen_births > > Note that in the graph that it says these numbers are "per 1,000 births" > but then next to the top bar, it says "68.4%" (rather than 68.4 per 1000). > So, actually only 6.84% of births in Mississippi are to teen mothers. > > I checked the source -- a CDCP report -- and it does not make the % > mistake. The graph seems to have been compiled by AP. > > What may be worse, the base used (per 1000 live births) will confuse many, > who will assume that 68.4% of (presumably female) *teens* are geting > pregnant in MS. > > Best regards, > Chris > -- > > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > ========================== > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > -- "We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter "Are our children more precious than theirs?" --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
