Decisions should be driven (or at least informed) by data. Raw data is turned into information by ensuring that it is accurate and has been put into a context that promotes good decision-making. The pandemic has brought a plethora of COVID-related data dashboards, which are meant to provide information that helps the public and public
People are wary of statistics. And if people think you can show anything you want with statistics, then this cynicism certainly applies to statistics graphs, too. For example, a few years ago the following graphic made its way around the Internet as an example of graphic abuse. Readers balked at what they saw as a
How concerned should you be with missing responses in your survey? One of the primary concerns with sampling in general is the issue of representativeness. That is, we don’t want to sample only happy customers or those who come from large companies instead of small companies if we’re trying to make the right decisions about
