Focus on Recognizing Diversity in Data

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From the FRED Blog

The post “Comparing unemployment rates by race: The Great Recession vs. COVID-19” uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to describe the labor market experiences of different racial and ethnic groups during the 2007-2009 and 2020 recessions

Use This Lesson Plan To Teach the Composition Effect

This lesson plan explains why the composition effect makes it difficult to describe diverse populations with a single statistic. It includes prompts for both in-class and out-of-class assignments.

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