[6] I thank my student Vivian Gu for this example. Derbyshire, D. (2007, January 17). Colgate gets the brush-off for “misleading” ads. The Telegraph. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1539715/Colgate-gets-the-brush-off-for-misleading-ads. html.
[7] http://www.c-span.org/about/history/.
[8] Nielsen reports that Americans, on average, receive 189 channels but watch only 17 of them. http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2014/changing-channels-americans-view-just-17-channels-despite-record-number-to -choose-from.html.
[9] Boxall, B. (2014). Water world: Rancho Santa Fe is leading the state in residential usage. Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2014, p. AA1. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-water-ranc-ho-20141202-story.html. Lovett, I. (2014). Where grass is greener, a push to share drought’ s burden. New York Times, November 30, 2014, p. A22. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/us/where-grass-is-greener-a-push-to-share-droughts-burden.html.
[10] 1英亩≈4046.86平方米。
[11] http://www.flightsafety.org; http://www.cnbc.com/id/102301598.
[12] 1英寸≈2.54厘米
[13] For an initial temperature of 155 degrees Fahrenheit,the formula is f( t ) = 80e–0.08 t + 75.
[14] Paul Bedard (June 22, 2010).Brian Lamb: C-SPAN now reaches 100 million homes. usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved November 22, 2010.
[15] Based on Huff, op. cit., p. 48.
[16] https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/49837-Casualties_Working Paper-2014-08.pdf.
[17] http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0511.pdf.
[18] http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm.
[19] Based on an example from Huff, op. cit., p. 83.
[20] I thank my student Alexandra Ghelerter for this example. Barnett, A. (1994). How numbers are tricking you . Retrieved from http://www.sandiego.edu/statpage/barnett.htm.
[21] This is Best’ s term.
[22] Davidson, A. (2015). The economy’ s missing metrics. New York Times Sunday Magazine, p. MM18 (July 5,2015).
[23] http://americasmarkets .usatoday.com/2015/07/02/.wall-street-gets-what-it-wants-in-june-jobs-count/.
[24] Schwartz, N. D. (2015). Jobless rate fell in June, with wages staying flat. New York Times , B1 (July 3, 2015).
[25] Stats from http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp#elem=[object+ Object]& tab_ level= child& click_ text= Sortable + Player+ hitting& game_ type=% 27R% 27& season= 2015& season_ type= ANY& league_ code=% 27MLB% 27& sectionType= sp& statType= hitting& page=1& ts= 1457286793822& playerType= QUALIFIER& timeframe=.
[26] http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm.
