Selection problems: Introduction

Selection problems: Introduction#

Learning objectives#

After working through this topic, you should be able to:

  • explain why selection problems are ubiquitous when analysing socio-economic data

  • remember that selection may lead to wrong conclusions in subtle and not-so-subtle ways

Materials#

As a motivation, watch this ARD reporting from Florida on Hurricane Milton on 10 October 2024:

Video with English subtitles:

Download the slides.

Video with German subtitles:

(turn subtitles on in the bottom right corner of the video)

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