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1. Tommek+R11[view] [source] 2018-09-12 08:07:59
>>tysone+(OP)
Why do these articles always start with a story about a person? I see this in nearly all articles from american news papers. It's strange.

Seems like a paper from a young student who needs to get his 3000 wordcount.

It just bloats the article and makes it difficult to get the information out of it.

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2. noober+621[view] [source] 2018-09-12 08:12:15
>>Tommek+R11
People are humans, they relate to individual stories more than raw statistics.

I think it's great, it shows there's always a human side to trends and large statistics.

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3. Tommek+b21[view] [source] 2018-09-12 08:14:21
>>noober+621
And that's how we get those "vaccines cause autism" mothers. They like stories more than statistics, too.
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4. anonco+w41[view] [source] 2018-09-12 08:40:53
>>Tommek+b21
Polemic. We also get stories like, "despite a strong economic recovery, John, 26, struggles to find a new job after being laid off."
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5. Tommek+c51[view] [source] 2018-09-12 08:50:58
>>anonco+w41
That's my point.
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6. cyborg+J51[view] [source] 2018-09-12 08:55:51
>>Tommek+c51
If you only look at numbers and not individual stories, you miss the blind-spots of your data.
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7. fooker+M61[view] [source] 2018-09-12 09:08:00
>>cyborg+J51
Not if you are doing statistics properly.
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