Simplifying statistics
by WIN Admin — published in Press Releases
This is told in a tone that assumes this is very high. But the figure is given in a way that makes it difficult to appreciate what this means in everyday life.
Let’s put this statistic into context. Half a tonne is 500kg. Let’s say a person in Britain lives to the age of 70. If we work out 500 divided by 70, we can work out that this person eats about 7.1kg of chocolate per year. That’s just less than 140g of chocolate per week, which is less than 20g per day. This is the weight of a small bag of crisps. This may or may not seem like a lot of chocolate to you!
So, before you allow yourself to be talked into feeling shock at a statistic, which is not delivered in a form that you can relate to, try to convert it into a form where it is more meaningful.
Source: GCSEPod