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LITERACY ACTIVITY
Should Statistics be taken at face-value?
• All crime fell by 9% is this true?
• What is the problem having this article with these
charts, why could this by misleading?
• If you ignore the final point in the ‘Robbery’ chart, what
is the general trend, is this decreasing or appear to be
increasing?
• Do you agree? There was approximately a 20%
increase in drug offences for the last two years on the
chart
• Considering the charts and the article, explain how the
statistics could be biased (twisted)?