This presentation does analysis of the ted talk, "3 ways to spot a bad statistics" by Mona Chabali. It goes through key insights mentioned by her during her talk.

1. Analysis of Ted talk,
“3 ways to spot a bad
statistics”
BY MONA CHALABI

2. MONA CHALABI
“ Mona Chalabi,
A British data journalist,
known for her publications with
FiveThirtyEight and
The Guardian. ”

3. She gives
“Handmade Visualizations”

4. Do
numbers
make
you
sceptical
?

5. 2 kinds of people!

6. Statistics-believers v/s Non-Believers
Stats are crucial,
We need them to
make sense of
society as a whole,
measure progress
in a subjective way.
Stats are elitists, eve
rigged. Don’t really
reflect what is
happening in
everyday life

7. US Congress bill to not collect stats
on racial segregation.
“Create fair policies,
without having
measure of current
levels of unfairness!”
Really??

8. Why has polling become so
inaccurate?
 Diverse society
 Media influence
 People tend to lie
 Sleek data charts
 Convincing locals

9. How to make
data more
accurate?
“Involve more and
more number of
people.”

10. 3 questions you must ask your data
i. Can you see uncertainty?
ii. Can I see myself in the data?
iii. How was the data collected?

11. #1. Can you see uncertainty?

12. #2. Can I see myself in the
data?
“Can you relate yourself
in the trend of the
data.”

13. #3. How was the data
collected?

14. Private Institutes V/S Govt. Statisticians
“Private institutes don’t have huge interest in
getting the numbers right, They just want to get
the right numbers.”
“Government statisticians have access to huge data, and
responsibility to getting numbers right.”

15. “
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THANK
YOU!
- Vaibhav Srivastav
B.I.E.T. Jhansi