Numbers in the News

Can the news help you learn statistics? In "Numbers in the News," we’re asking people to read, watch, or listen to one of two versions of a news report that contains numbers, visualizations, or both. Then we’re asking them a series of questions about the credibility of that news report, as well as some of the inferences they make. Within each item in the series, we're reflecting on what the results might mean for journalists and other science (and especially quantitative) communicators.

The main page linked here contains details of methodology and will ultimately contain links to all the interim snapshot documents as we complete them and make them available.

These interim snapshots are intended for journalists, science (and math) communicators, and the public. (At the end of this series of tests, we will also be writing up a more technical version for peer review.)