NAME Derek Evans

Hans Rosling’s “The Joy of Stats”

1. Listen critically to the video: http://www.gapminder.org/videos/the-joy-of-stats/.

2. Fill in the blanks for these direct quotes or paraphrases.

The world we live in is awash with data that comes pouring in from everywhere around us.

There’s nothing boring about statistics.

Statisticians shouldn’t be shy , because everyone wants to understand what’s going on.

Statistics tells us whether the things we think and believe are actually true.

Swedish top students know statistically significantly less about the world than Chimpanzees.

Statistics is not...

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