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Framing Statistics


  Date: 2024-07-27
  Author: Nathan Pieplow
Source: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tfYyfTKLohWEX2u8-s7louyPhrkVh2Gy/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116941745404208628216&rtpof=true&sd=true
  License: CC BY-NC-SA
  Domain: Persuading with Data
  Subdomain: Making Claims with Data
  Type of Resource: Slides
  Citation: Pieplow, Nathan. 'Framing Statistics'. Data Advocacy 4 All, University of Colorado. 27 July 2024

This slide deck, which can be used as a reading or an activity, introduces students to the rhetorical framework of framing theory and explores how this framework can be applied to study and generate statistics and statistical claims. The first 17 slides take about 25 minutes to present in class. The activity on the last slide can take 20 or more minutes.

Keywords: Data-Driven Argument, Numerical Argumentation, Quantitative Rhetoric, Statistical Claims



Note: The activity on the final slide can be replaced with (or paired with) “The Many Ways to Write a Statistic” lesson plan.

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