Author Archives: smo
Student blog post: Majority police think marijuana laws should be relaxed – U.S.News (January 2017)
A survey completed by Pew Research Centre has found that more than two-thirds of United States’ police officers think marijuana should be legal for either personal or medical use. Looking closely at the data it is clear to see that … Continue reading
The statistic that I have found to analyse is from the ‘NSPCC’ website stating that ‘around 1 in 5 children have been exposed to domestic abuse’. This statistic appears towards the end of the page which is specific to domestic … Continue reading
Student blog post: Net migration into UK up by more than 38% to 243,000 – BBC News
I found this article on BBC News. The article uses the Office For National Statistics as its source in order to support its numerical data. The BBC is not the most reliable news source as it is company website, not … Continue reading
Student blog post: 5% of adults in America are now Vegan
https://news.therawfoodworld.com/16-million-people-us-now-vegan-vegetarian/ The article claimed that almost 16 million people in America are now vegan. To calculate whether 16 million represents the 5% of America, I searched the total population of the USA, which came to 318.9 million. I divided 16 … Continue reading
Student blog post: Life on Earth started hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, fossils reveal.
Firstly, I think that this headline is misleading because “hundreds of millions of years is very vague it doesn’t reveal anything. Also, I thought reading the article would provide more information, but it also didn’t give a specific time. it … Continue reading
Student blog post: Mental illness affects 1 in 4 people
The statistic I am analysing is, ‘mental illness affects 1 in 4 people’ founded on the website ‘Rethink Mental Illness.’ The statistic appears on the front page of the website because it’s purpose is to make the reader feel as … Continue reading