Now, we imagine that the CBI is funded by it's membership so they're not actually spending public money. But, they do make grand announcements that impact on public money being spent by others. Take the Tweet above, from @CBItweets on 6 March.
Shock, horror and self flagellation - we are failing young people in primary school as science is being squeezed out of the curriculum. Here at Coch Towers, we don't automatically disagree with the sentiment of this post - but the stats, that's a different question.
Shock, horror and self flagellation - we are failing young people in primary school as science is being squeezed out of the curriculum. Here at Coch Towers, we don't automatically disagree with the sentiment of this post - but the stats, that's a different question.
The accompanying "info" graphic (we put "info" in "" as it seems very graphic and little "info" really) shows a different picture.
From the graphic: 53% support the claim that "science has become less a priority", but 47% clearly don't. 53% vs 47% - or 6% more. Now, from the CBI web site (here) this survey was actually undertaken by 260 primary teachers. So, this 6% difference corresponds to 15 teachers.
So, out another way: Out of 260 teachers, 15 more said "science has become less a priority" than said either "it hadn't changed or it was more a priority"
Not a glowing endorsement or an overwhelming call to arms.
Cerdyn Coch calls for all infographics like this to have the population size on the chart - after all, 8 out of 10 cats think its a good idea (based on a survey of 7 cats)
From the graphic: 53% support the claim that "science has become less a priority", but 47% clearly don't. 53% vs 47% - or 6% more. Now, from the CBI web site (here) this survey was actually undertaken by 260 primary teachers. So, this 6% difference corresponds to 15 teachers.
So, out another way: Out of 260 teachers, 15 more said "science has become less a priority" than said either "it hadn't changed or it was more a priority"
Not a glowing endorsement or an overwhelming call to arms.
Cerdyn Coch calls for all infographics like this to have the population size on the chart - after all, 8 out of 10 cats think its a good idea (based on a survey of 7 cats)