I came across this interesting article during my research for my discussion board. http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111521814339424546,00.html#articleTabs%3Darticle
It questions the statistic "70% of rap listeners are white suburban kids" and it traces that statistic to its sources. Statistics about race can be a tricky thing to measure so it was insightful to see how this specific statistic came about. This plays into one of our discussion points about the credibility of sources in social science. It's hard for us to observe human behaviors when as humans we are more complex and statistics simplifies our behaviors.
I really enjoyed this article Dalena. It really shed light on how much "behind the scenes" effort goes into one stat that an author can cite to bolster their credibility or argument. Thanks!
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