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Using the questions from your Huff reading (questions listed below), select any recent statistic presented for public (marketing) consumption and follow it back to its source, looking for the biases and inconsistencies or other inappropriate presentation of “facts” to the reader/listener.

Using the questions from your Huff reading (questions listed below), select any recent statistic presented for public (marketing) consumption and follow it back to its source, looking for the biases and inconsistencies or other inappropriate presentation of “facts” to the…

In recent years, studies have debunked a 1998 study by Andrew Wakefield (retracted article that suggested vaccines cause autism. You are asked to read up on the original author of the fraudulent article and to read and discuss articles that reevaluate the initial causation between vaccines and autism.

This is an essay exam that asks you to explore the various methods and problems associated with pseudoscience and improperly checked scientific studies. In recent years, studies have debunked a 1998 study by Andrew Wakefield (retracted article  that suggested vaccines…