Do You Believe in Sharia Law?

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Kellyanne Conway's polling company conducted the research. Do you think that in an ideal world that all of the rest of us would dig in to data that every time or how often would we be doing this? Yeah. Because it does seem a little overwhelming to like every time I see a statistic go into the background of 100%. And I know that when I fact check, for example, articles from the Daily Mail, that standard of journalism is very, very different.

Whenever we have a question – about ourselves or the world around us – it can be helpful to visualize our answer in order to really understand it. But how do you conceptualize something as big as inequality, as complex as grief, or as silly as your probability of correctly guessing today’s Wordle? For data journalist Mona Chalabi, the answer is through data – and drawing. You’ve probably seen Mona’s illustrations on the internet. She’s known for interpreting data in a way that makes you GET it. In today’s episode, she explains how anyone could use analysis to answer their most personal questions – from whether or not to have a breakup to how many friends you should have. For the text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts