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Is there a phrasing you think would be neutral that still references that data point? I'm struggling to figure out a neutral phrasing involving this data point
by sjsdaiuasgdia 4y ago
Is there a phrasing you think would be neutral that still references that data point?
I'm struggling to figure out a neutral phrasing involving this data point. My reading of your response indicates that you see a temporal indicator ("now") or a delta indicator ("still" / "no longer") as both introducing bias. "One in five people think Brexit was the wrong decision" without anything clarifying significantly misrepresents the data.
It seems your issue is actually with the data point being in the headline at all. Maybe the headline should be a dry thing like "A Brexit survey happened, read inside for details". I won't entirely disagree. But I think this is less about word choice than you think.
- 543ge4q3 4y agoI think it was the book "How to lie with statistics" that dedicated a page or two to the perceived differences when "x%" is used vs "1 in x", depending on the actual value. I think that using "20% now think that..." would give a more accurate impression to someone scanning the headline.