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Consequently, the intention of this assignment is to build literacy around statistics and how they are represented or misrepresented by news media by understanding the difficulties surrounding the collection of crime statistics.three (3) required sources

For this assignment, begin reading the blog "How To Make Sense Of Conflicting, Confusing And Misleading Crime Statistics" by Carl Bialik. In the article, the author points to eight reasons why media reports on crime should be interpreted with caution.

Using those points, find a news media article that discusses or displays some sort of statistical information about crime or crime rates that was published in the last month. Be sure to reference the data of the publication in your paper. Here is an example sentence (which you can use) "In the article 'How is the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Going in Your State?, published on May 7th, 2021...

Once you choose the article, discuss why the information about crime presented in the article is misleading or problematic. Remember to ground your discussion in at least one of the eight reasons Mr. Bialik listed in the article that readers should be thoughtful of when reading about crime.

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