Basic introduction to percentages; the difference between average and mean (and when reporting the mean is newsworthy); and a quick guide to the inexact science of estimating the size of crowds.
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I used to trust math more than words…
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/megansmoulder/2017/11/15/watch-the-figures/
Math, oh boy.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/chriskacz/2017/11/16/newsroom-math/
Journalists and math
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/andreameyers/2017/11/17/newsroom-math/
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/emilyscrabot/2017/11/17/newsroom-math/
A great tool for the future
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/courtneywilliams/2017/11/17/newsroom-math/
I CAN DO ZAT I CAN DO ZAT
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/patrickcrossen/2017/12/02/newsroom-math/
Keep it simple.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/austinshaw/2017/12/02/newsroom-math/
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/abrauer/2017/12/04/newsroom-math/
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/stevedumnich/2017/12/04/newsroom-math/
When I last encountered percentages I was but a learner. Now I am the master.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/jackmurphy/2017/12/05/newsroom-math/