Monday, May 23, 2011

So Did Bonnie Anderson Completely Mess Up The TEC Stats In Her “Courageous Change” Speech?

Check out her lecture, then see Rob Roy's comment over at T19, and let us know what you think. That being said, Ms Anderson is so very off the mark, it is quite remarkable. The data can be found in figure 4. Ms Anderson states that only 13% are 65+ years old. The actual figure is that 30% of TEc-ers are 65+. And 15% + 10% + 19% of TEc-ers are less than 49 years old. I think that Ms Anderson switches the TEc numbers with the general population. The graph shows that 13% of the general population are 65+. She states that the percentage of TEc-ers less than 49 years old is 60%, the actual figure is only 44% (and this includes children). But the graph shows the general population less than 49 years old is 28% + 20% + 22% which equals 70% not 60%. Perhaps, Ms Anderson can’t add properly as well as switches red and blue?

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