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Statistics conceal as much as they reveal

12/20/2020

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TOK Talk · Episode 7: Statistics Conceal as much as the Reveal
Today we delve into the world of Statistics, and unpack how it can be a tool that can both reveal and conceal. To help me with this complicated question, I’ve asked some well-informed people to help me unpack this year’s TOK Essay Title 4: “Statistics conceal as much as they reveal”
Here with me today are Ms. Zehra Baig, Statistics teacher, Mr. Martin  Brown, Mathematics teacher and Ms. Virginia Voigt, Psychology teacher. We discuss:
  • What is “Statistics”? Why is Statistics such a powerful tool (is it?)
  • How might Statistics be a tool for Revealing? Concealing? (in different areas of knowledge)
  • What are some examples of statistics that reveal or conceal in your discipline?
  • Why does it matter?

Music Credit: The Plastic Daizi Collective, 2015
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Bias in the pursuit of knowledge

12/10/2020

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TOK Talk · Episode 6: Bias - the positive roles in pursuit of knowledge
Joining me today are Dr. Rachel Oser – a Research Scientist & Teacher, Mr. David Fenwick: a Physics, Mathematics and Engineering Teacher, and Mr. Kevin Hoye, an English and fellow TOK Teacher. The prompt is this years’ essay Title 6:
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“Avoiding bias seems a commendable goal but this fails to recognize the positive role that bias can play in the pursuit of knowledge”
 

Questions we discuss:
* Why might avoiding bias be a commendable goal in the discipline you teach? What are some of the measures taken to avoid these biases in your discipline?
* The title seems to imply that it isn’t possible to avoid bias – do you agree? Are some biases therefore fundamental? In what ways?
* What positive role(s) might it play in the pursuit of knowledge in your discipline?

I really enjoyed this conversation, and I hope this gets you thinking about your own biases as well as the positive and negative roles they have in the disciplines you study.

Original music by Emily Osann
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