Telling good facts from not so good ones 1 For each of the "facts" below, what error might it be most prone to, and why? a. "Last year, 1723 students in the Tacoma School District were homeless." b. "In 2015, crime declined by 5 percent in Pierce County, over crime levels in 2014." c. "Over 2 million adult Americans are illiterate." d. "A majority of those collecting unemployment benefits could get a job if they really wanted one." e. "Venezuela has the world's highest suicide rate." f."It's a fact that the quality of health care in the US is better than it is in Canada." g. 12 percent of pregnant women in the US drink while pregnant. h. 25 percent of people on food stamps hide income to make themselves eligible. i. 50,000 people a year die from air pollution.

2. According to some conservative groups, poverty rates have been falling over the last few decades, while some liberal ones publish data showing that the rate is increasing. Can you make some guesses as to why their numbers don't agree? 3. You are asked to come up with an estimate of the percent of adults in Tacoma without health insurance. Discuss an approach that you think best avoids the problem of either false negatives or false positives.