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How to Get Accurate Statistics: Good Sampling

How can you get accurate statics if you can’t possibly count every entity of a population? What criteria make a good sample? It is true that the only way to get a 100% accurate sample is to count every single entity, but that’s just impossible. That’s why statisticians use samples to represent a population. There are certain criteria that must be met to ensure that your sample is as accurate as possible. Keep reading to learn more about how good sampling leads to accurate statistics.

A Complete List of Predictably Irrational Book Exercises

Looking for book exercises to deepen your understanding of Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational? How can these exercises help you improve your decision-making process? These Predictably Irrational book exercises will help you analyze how you make decisions. Dan Ariely says that all people make irrational decisions that are influenced by marketing, social norms, our aroused decisions, and more. Recognizing our irrational behavior is the first step in correcting it. Continue on for 14 Predictably Irrational book exercises.

Learning From Death: Lessons About a Meaningful Life

What lessons can you learn from death? How is the awareness of the fact that you can die any minute help you experience life more fully? Death is your greatest spiritual teacher. The secret to living a fulfilling and meaningful life lies in the lessons your death has to teach you. And you don’t have to wait until the end of your life to attend to them. You can practice them right now. Here are seven spiritual lessons you can learn from death.

Systemic Racism in Education: It’s Real and Pervasive

How does systemic racism manifest in the education system? And what can we do to fight it? Systemic racism in the education system is pervasive. It manifests at every level from preschool through primary to secondary school and beyond. To end this cycle for the next generation of children of color, we have to encourage schools to address the opportunity gap between white students and students of color. This article looks at how systemic racism manifests in the education system and how it affects students’ performance and learning experiences in preschool, elementary, and secondary school.

What Is the School-to-Prison Pipeline?

What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline? When was the term coined and what does it mean? The term school-to-prison pipeline has been coined relatively recently (in the early twenty-first century), although the phenomenon itself has been going on for decades. But what exactly is the school-to-prison pipeline? Simply put, it’s the process whereby students from disadvantaged backgrounds are pushed out of schools and onto the pathway to prison. Keep reading for the answer to the question: what is the school-to-prison pipeline?

Statistical Evaluation: How to Assess Legitimacy

What are the five questions you should ask yourself when looking at statistics? How can you tell when a statistic is being manipulated? It is important to perform a statistical evaluation before you trust any statistic you’re given. Many statistics are manipulated to fulfill an agenda but even manipulated statistics can provide you with valuable information. Continue on to learn how to perform a statistical evaluation.

The How to Lie With Statistics Book Guide

What can you learn from the How to Lie With Statistics book? What are the ten techniques that liars use to manipulate statistics? How can you assess if a statistic is reliable? In his book How to Lie With Statistics, Darrell Huff explains how people (advertisers, companies, anyone with an agenda) can manipulate numbers to yield statistics that support their cause. Since these people aren’t actually lying, it isn’t considered illegal. Huff teaches you what to look out for and how to see through liars. Continue on for more on How to Lie With Statistics.

Planning a Business Startup: Questions to Ask Yourself

Do you have a business idea in mind? What are some business startup questions you could ask yourself as you plan its execution? The startup stage of any company is one of the most uncertain, but at the same time, most exciting periods in the business life cycle. You should use business startup questions to help you flesh out your idea and articulate a plan for its execution. Here are some business startup questions to take your idea from conception to inception.

What Does Flying Symbolize in Literature? Freedom

What does it mean when a character in literature takes flight? What are some examples of flight being used symbolically? More often than not, flight in literature symbolizes either freedom or spirituality. Additionally, the ability to fly can also be used ironically depending on the circumstance. Keep reading to learn about flight in literature.

Evolutionary Medicine Should Be Taught in Med School

Why isn’t evolutionary medicine taught in medical school? How could understanding how our bodies came to be this way help us to accept diseases and inspire hope? Medical schools prefer to teach using science that they can test in a lab rather than evolutionary medicine. However, evolutionary medicine can explain some attributes that modern medicine cannot. Keep reading for more on evolutionary medicine.