Project 12.1

"You can clearly see that Bufferin is the most effective ... " "Penzoil is better suited ... " "Sylvania was preferred by ... ." "How can anyone analyze the claims of the commercials we see and hear on a daily basis?" asked Betty. "I even subscribe to Consumer Reports, but so many of the claims seem to be unreasonable. I don't like to buy items by trial and error, and I really don't believe all the claims in advertisements." Collect examples of good statistical graphs and examples of misleading graphs. Use some of the leading newspapers and national magazines, or websites:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
http://www.fedstats.gov
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/default.htm
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

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