Watch the video and answer the following 5 questions

Peter Donnelly: How stats fool juries - YouTube

1. Are questions of probability easy or difficult for the general population to comprehend? Why or why not?
2. When Peter Donnelly talks about the predictive ability of disease testing, what QA validation parameters does this
sound like?
3. Note though that these validation parameters, cannot truly be related to human disease diagnostics. Why do you think
that is?

One of the ways we can improve reading comprehension is by asking ourselves specific questions about the text. Answer the following question to try and better comprehend "Specimen Days" by Walt Whitman.

In the underline portion of section one, WHEN are the event in the text occurring?

A. April 13th, 1861

B. the present day

C.  14 days before 1861

Answer the question below following with the video: 

In this video, you will see one interpretation of what work will be like in the future.

The video demonstrates that many jobs typically done by people will become automated and completed by artificial intelligence in the future. The end of the video asks the question, "Will our children be ready?". 

1. What is your answer to this question?
2. The video did not offer any suggestions of which skills students should have going into this future. In your opinion, what skills do you think students need to have in order to be successful in that future?
3. Think about how the video was crafted. What observations can you make about the video quality and how it expresses its meaning? Do you find it effective? Why or why not?

Think carefully about the questions being asked of you in this first task. There are no right or wrong answers, just what you think and why you think it. Get comfortable with the idea that what you say is important and that your voice matters.

If you need some other ideas to consider, think about the following:

• Why do you think the director chose not to include any people in the video?
• Would the video be more or less effective if it did include people?

Which of the following is a strategy that can be used to help enhance reading comprehension?

A. Consider specific questions about the text like by WHEN do you have to have the text read.

B. Consider specific questions about the text like WHEN did the author write the text.

C. Consider specific questions about the text like WHEN are the events of the text occuring.