NNN News: 2017

Outstanding Contribution Award

Audio-only:  Eric Gaze presenting,   Len Vacher acceptance.   Nathan Grawe Numeracy

Video:  Eric Gaze 3 min (10s load),   Len Vacher 3 min (10s load).   Nathan Grawe 19 min; 24s load

2017/11/15   NNN Numeracy Editor, Nathan Grawe, authors Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education.

2017/10/25. Nate Silver video: Journalists need statistical literacy. 

2017/10/22 Beware! Figures Are Often Manipulated by Bruce Wilds.  "In today's world, innumeracy is an even greater danger than illiteracy."   Innumeracy: "An inability to understand the rules of percentages, ratios, statistics and basic math logic."  "we must have a sound and basic understanding of numbers, what they represent, and how to relate to them."

2017/09/18   US Median Income Up -- Maybe.
In 2015, "income" is redefined to include money from retirement accounts.  pdf

2017/09/11   Why Math Is the Best Way to Make Sense of the World.
To improve critical thinking, take more math and science, Rebecca Goldin

Numeracy Questions!!! [Milo Schield, 7/2017]

1)  Eight Men have Half the World's Wealth
     Which is this?  (1) "Half of all the wealth in the world" or (2) the wealth of "half the world" or
         "half the world's population"?  What do your students think? 
          If it is #2, is it (a) "the wealth of the poorer half" or (b) "the wealth of the richer half"?
          If (2a), is it misleading to omit mentioning the "poorer half"?
          Could the richest 8 men have the same wealth as the richest half of the world's population?
 
2)  US 2014 abortion rate lowest in last 10 years