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  • Math and Statistics Toolbox Cards for Journalists This starter set of six Acrobat Reader cards are linked and ready for use on your newsroom's intranet or in hard-copy form. It offers you deadline reference tools that explain common math techniques in plain English complete with methods for double-checking and understanding the "longhand math" behind familiar shortcuts. A timed math drill (electronic only) "game" is included in the set that will test even a seasoned vet's mettle. Debbie Wolfe, Technology Training Editor, St. Petersburg Times, compiled the set.
You'll find more handouts and ideas on numeracy on the Numeracy Resources
page.
  • Please don’t eat the data: M & Ms and polls Understanding the basics of polling is a challenge. Kathleen Woodruff Wickham explains basic statistical techniques. This exercise will help you understand surveys and how to report them.
  • Math for News (pdf)
    A game plan for increasing numeracy in the newsroom. This handout details how the in-house math class was created at the St. Petersburg Times. A series of graphics overviews the starter set of "Math and Statistics Toolbox Cards for Journalists." Use it as a model to customize the ideal math class for your own newsroom. Submitted by     Debbie Wolfe.
  • Pop. Math Graphic (pdf)
    A percent change exercise from the "What Beat Journalists Need to Know Series." Data sources are the U.S. Census and a local county. A little math ... in a little chart was published "as is" in a major metro daily. (    Debbie Wolfe)
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 April 11, 2004