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Alderman says ad was 1hiiglleadiing No school in area 125th Year No. 49 Her concern was brought on by an advertisement in Saurday's KitchenerWr terloo Record by Major Holdings and Developments Ltd., builders of the new By Stewart Sutherland Chronicle - Writer Waterloo _ Alderman Doreen Thomas wants po- tential home owners in the city's new Beechwood West subdivision to know that it's very likely their children will have to be based to school. Chronicle all unit“ The Iranian revolution has cost some 60,000 lives, ac- cording to Ratio Mogha- darn, a K-W Hospital medi- cal attendant who organized a public meeting at the Uni- versity of Waterloo on Sa- turday. The meeting, sponsored by the local Moalom Student Association. was called to “tell Canadians the real facts" surrounding the hold- ing of 50 Americans by Iran- ian students at the US em- bassy in Tehran. “There are lots of things Canadians don‘t know about the crisis," Moghadam said. Moghadam had to take charge of the meeting at the last minute because an " ficial of the Iranian em- bassy in Ottawa failed to Approximately 150 people attended the session that in- a Wminute movie, a mute slide Show and a tion and answer period. Moghadam felt the meet- ing served its purpose “We're not out to sway an- yone." he said, "We only want to tell Canadians the facts Then the Canadians can analyze the facts the way they want .. Iranians ' tell real story' {‘Lies, damn lies and statistics' Newspaper headline writers, advertising copy writers and other media people are making reference to statasurs more and more these days and they are provndlng the public wrth misleading. wrong or ma- dequate descriptions of the true state of affairs. ac- cordmg to three statistics professors at the University of Waterloo "Twothlrds would leave Rhodesia If blacks rule. 61 per cent oppose abortion on demand and it doesn't pay to be bilingual studies Show." are just three examples of headlines the authors say are misleading or ma- dequate The three mathematicians. Dr K S Brown, Dr R J MarKay and M K Clayton. have documented the misuse of $305th by the media In a 120-page booklet mled “Lies. Damn Les and Statistics" produced for the Grand Valley Mathematics Association Chromcie st." wmov Christmas supplement begins on page Bf Thomas was concerned with the wording in the ad that said the new develop- ment will be “caniénient to schools and shopping." subdivision, she told Council Monday night. _ "it's highly unlikely a new school will be built there in the next few years," she Thomas, a former school board chairman. said the students would moat likely be based toschoois in the city's core area, a con- The University of Waterloo's Renaissance Dancers entertained faculty and students at the campus centre last Friday. The group. consisting of students. laculty and local residents. siderahle distance and real- ly "not all that convenient." Council supported her sug- gestion of writing a letter to Major Holdings and the school board apprizing them of the situation. “It should be clearly under- stood by potential ho- meowners that their chil- dren will have to be based downtown to schools," Ai- Berman Richard Biggs said. School site designations have come up at Council be- tone but a consensus of opin- Advertvsmg copy writers throw statistics around with great abandon. the statisticians say. promising “20", more" without saying what it is that the 20 per cent is more than. or claiming “four out of five prefer" without admitting that the survey was possi- bly limited to just five preselected people. or "30'? fuel savings" if you use a certain product in your home without explaining that you also have to turn vour home thermostat down Wednesday, December 5, 1979. They say the booklet is not intended as an attack on the newspaper or advertising Industries as such but rather as a demonstration to statistics students and faculty as to the extent to which statistics are "sadly misused." in the every day World Hopefully it will motivate them to avoid some of the pitfalls It is in- tended as an md to high school statistics students but will also be used in a first year elective course given at the university by the statistics department a: a ate-"uh ion is still to be reached about whatto do with the problem. _--- N Last week some alderman argued that school locations on development plans tend to mislead. palatial home- buyers because there is no guarantee that schools will ever be built due‘lo declin- ing school girolments. Council will invite the chairman of Waterloo North Hydro to attend a regular Monday meeting to explain how he comes up. Tith his dressed in 16th end , 7th century costumes and danced to music played by e conson of recorders end instruments repre- sentative of that period. It all came about whell' hydro requested a loan of $600,000 for a actual-vice centre and garage. Some al- dermen wanted to know how hydro comes up with in fi- figures for rates, tendering Pthtsaid he is still wait- and borrowing. ing to hear from the Wa- It all came about whelf terloo [dons Club, who don- brdro requested a loan of ated the 200 to the city as a $000,000 for a new service catennial project and spent centre and garage. Some al- $10,000 on improvements. dermen wanted to know how The BOO has come under hydro comes up with its fi- increased criticism lately pres. because several animals Comic“ approved the loan. have. escaped or been set In other developments, free by vandals. . Comeil approved the loan. In other developments, Ken Pang. community ser- vices director, said a report on the future of the zoo in Waterloo Park will be made to the City this month. Waterloo. Ontario .. . . Brown, MacKay and Clayton have assembled nearly 60 examples of what they call misuses of statistics. mostly from the Kitchener-Waterloo/teco" Many of these misuses were in stories coming to the paper over the wire services, Some are found in a variety of other publications and a number were found In advertisements One group consists of errors or faults in connection with the way in which the data was gathered. In some instances the people surveyed were from special groups though they were taken to be representative of the entire population One report said teen-agers are more "liberal" than ever in connection with sexual The three authors have divided the examples into several major groups activity "w II, r'"'"'"'" ' Options being studied in- dude facing, Increased se- cuHty, reduction in size or a complete closing of the faci- lity, according to_Pnug. . (Continued on page 4) 15 Cents