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Title: False Advertising


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False Advertising
  • Friday, November 16, 2007

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Advertising
  • Companies want you to buy their product.
  • And the best way thy can do it is through
    advertising.
  • However, sometimes they use Math to trick you!
  • This is called Data Manipulation and want we will
    learn about today.

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Data Manipulation
Data Manipulation
What does it mean?
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Is this being Manipulated?
  • Four out of five doctors recommend our crutches.

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Is this being Manipulated?
  • Ninety-five percent of our customers recommend us
    to their friends!

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Is this being Manipulated?
  • Nine out of 10 people who chewed our gum said it
    was the best banana-coconut gum that had ever
    chewed.

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Is this being Manipulated?
  • Our potato chips have 50 less fat.

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Is this being Manipulated?
  • This model is the most popular car in the central
    southwestern part of the state!

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You TRY
  • Can you think of a way data can be manipulated?
  • Give it your best shot.

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The END
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