Multiple Choice
How does the following excerpt from a classroom speech violate the guidelines for using statistics presented in your textbook?
One magazine reports that U.S. consumers pay more than $300 billion a year on products to cover the manufacturers' liability costs. This amounts to a staggering $4,000 per household. On a specific basis, product liability costs account for $11.50 oevery $12 dose ovaccine we give our children, and over $100 othe cost oa football helmet.
A) It doesn't provide enough statistics.
B) It doesn't identify the source of statistics.
C) It doesn't use statistics to quantify ideas.
D) all of the above
E) a and b only
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