Breaking the News
A student spins a terrible test result in statistical language, until the parent realizes they're at the wrong end of the distribution.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016-12-19-breaking-the-news/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"There are lots of ways I could share the news. I could tell you I'm above the 99th percentile. I could tell you that I'm four standard deviations from the mean. I could tell you that any significance test reveals me to be far from an average student."
Parent: "99th percentile? You failed the test!"
Student: "Yes, and 99% of my peers failed it less completely."