Did you know that 80% of all statistics are actually incorrect and misleading? Is that statistic one of them? When you read about a statistic, how can you know if it's correct or not?
The truth is that stats (statistics) are one of the most powerful tools in convincing people. If someone quotes a stat, our first reaction is often to believe it because it sounds impressive. The other truth is that stats are often purposefully misleading and used to prove a conclusion rather than to find the truth.
For example, if someone tells you that 70% of Chinese married women are unhappy in their marriage, what does that mean? Which women did they ask? What cities are they in? What are their social/economic classes? How many did they ask? How do they define "unhappy"? Even if the stat is true, there's so much beneath every statistic that needs to be checked.
How many stats do you just instantly believe and base your decisions on while they're actually completely wrong?
In this club, we'll look at different stats and we'll think critically about them. Do they make sense? Why? What other info can we find? How do we find that info?
Let's have an eye-opening discussion and a wonderful exercise in critical thinking!