M2. Discussion – Statistics In The News
1. Find at least one news story online that includes statistics and discusses them. Post the link to the story. Explain how statistics are used and how they help the reader understand the phenomenon being discussed.
2. Pick the news story posted by one of your classmates that you think uses statistics in an interesting way and explain why you chose that story.
here’s one of my classmates post Selina Adenka -Statistics are used to draw attention to inconsistencies in employment data provided by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the article “ONS labour market data ‘lost’ almost a million workers” on Times.co.uk. The ONS may have underestimated job numbers by some 930,000 people since the pandemic, according to the Resolution Foundation, an advocacy group. A significant dip in survey response rates, from 40% to 13%, is blamed for this possible undercount. These statistics are important as they challenge the traditional view of a tight labor market and high worker inactivity. Underreporting of employment suggests that factors like economic inactivity and productivity growth may have been misrepresented. For policymakers to make well-informed decisions about labor and economic strategies, accurate statistical data is important.
