STATISTICS How statistics can be used to MEAN more than just a MEDIAN.

INTRODUCTION SST Statistics is the collection, organisation and interpretation of numerical data.

Meet Goofy George… Rather uneducated Makes generic comments Not much substance in what he says His statements don’t really make an impression.

How can statistics be used effectively to convey a message? Statistics can be used to: 1. Make a stronger impact. 2. Make generalisations more factual 3. Predict trends 4. Make comparisons

POVERTY There are many people dying of hunger around the world.

POVERTY Statistics can be used to: 1. Make a stronger impact. 2. Make generalisations more factual 3. Predict trends 4. Make comparisons

POVERTY According to UNICEF, children die… …due to poverty. Each day… poverty-facts-and-stats

In the world, POVERTY there are 1 BILLION children in poverty… Out of the 2.2 billion children in the world. That is nearly half.

Over three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day. This is almost half the world! POVERTY

DEFORESTATION We are cutting down so many trees around the world.

DEFORESTATION Statistics can be used to: 1. Make a stronger impact. 2. Make generalisations more factual 3. Predict trends 4. Make comparisons

DEFORESTATION 13 million hectares of the world’s forests are being LOST each year. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released its 2005 Global Forest Resources Assessment

DEFORESTATION In Nigeria 81% of its original forest cover is now permanently lost Countries like India, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Sri Lanka, the Congo and Ghana have lost much more than 50% of their rainforest cover. deforestation.html

CLIMATE CHANGE Hmmm… Global Warming. The Earth must be warming up!

CLIMATE CHANGE Statistics can be used to: 1. Make a stronger impact. 2. Make generalisations more factual 3. Predict trends 4. Make comparisons

The year 1998 was the warmest on record. The year 2002 was the 2nd warmest. The year 2003 was the 3rd warmest. The year 2004 was the 4th warmest. society.org/files/enewsletter/images/090820/global_warming.gif CLIMATE CHANGE

The year 2005 equaled 1998 as the warmest on record. The ten warmest years have occurred in the twelve-year period change.jpg

CLIMATE CHANGE

Arctic ice is rapidly disappearing… lobal_warming.html vancouversun/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00 /00/34/80/35/globalwarming.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0TTXDM86AJ 1CB68A7P02&Expires= &Signature=9o5TddMEC%2b LQDAuLtIrQOVtlt%2fY%3d …the region may have its first completely ice-free summer by 2040… …or even earlier!!!

CLIMATE CHANGE In Tanzania the legendary snows of Mount Kilimanjaro have melted by some 80 percent since 1912… …and could be gone by obalwarming_2.html aro_snow_global_warming.jpg

WAR and PEACE Countries should stop fighting. Make peace not war.

WAR and PEACE Statistics can be used to: 1. Make a stronger impact. 2. Make generalisations more factual 3. Predict trends 4. Make comparisons

WAR and PEACE US$ is spent for three tests of missile defence system. This amount of money could be enough to stock medical clinics around the world… … for a WHOLE YEAR!!!

WAR and PEACE US $ is spent on six Trident II missiles. This amount is enough to build wells in Africa… …to provide water to 65 million people

WAR and PEACE US $2.1 billion is the price of just ONE stealth bomber.

WAR and PEACE This same amount could be used to… Immunise over 134 million children in the world… …against diseases such as: Measles Typhoid Tuberculosis ResourcesIssuesResources.aspx#War

IN SUMMARY… Statistics could be used to: 1. Make a stronger impact. Each day, children DIE due to POVERTY! 2. Make generalisations more factual. 13 million hectares of the world’s forest is LOST each year! 3. Predict trends. The Arctic region could be ice-free by 2040! 4. Make comparisons. The US$350 million spent on 6 missiles could be enough to provide wells in Africa to 65 million people