FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cherry Picking, Ambert, Alternative Facts
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Reconstituted families or blended families caused by divorce: divorce was one of the earliest and biggest change that caused diverse forms of families. Media misrepresents data, underreported, misrepresented, political tool. Divorce has been used as a weapon (cid:862)(cid:396)ui(cid:374)s the fa(cid:373)il(cid:455),(cid:863) (cid:862)(cid:272)(cid:396)eates p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373)s fo(cid:396) the fa(cid:373)il(cid:455)(cid:863) Think tanks have been selective in data reporte, cherry picking data. Only pick data that reinforces their point of view. If the media and people say that enough, then it will eventually be believed. Stats canada (2012) data does not support prediction: One out of every three canadian couples will eventually split. Range 31% to 36% if current rates hold. I(cid:374) the past, di(cid:448)o(cid:396)(cid:272)e (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t as (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)ts sta(cid:455)ed togethe(cid:396) fo(cid:396) the kids kids often were subjected to witnessing family violence, etc. Number of divorces in a year is calculated over the number of marriages that take place during the same year.
