Numbers in the News

May 28th, 2020 | RESEARCH

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.)

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Team Members

Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein, Co-Principal Investigator, Knology
John Voiklis, Author, Knology
Uduak Thomas, Author, Knology

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 1906802

Related URLs

Numbers in the News
Meaningful Math: News Media for Increasing Adult Statistical Literacy
2021 STEM for All Video Showcase Video

Tags

Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Health and medicine | Materials science
Resource Type: Blog Post | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Broadcast Media | Comics | Books | Newspapers | Media and Technology