The Children's Defense Fund was organized to promote the welfare of children. The group published Children Out of School in America, which reported that in one area 37.5% of the16 and 17 year old children were out of school. This statistic received much press coverage, but it was based on a sample of only 16 children. Another statistic was based on a sample size of only 3 students! (See "Firsthand Report: How Flawed Statistics Can Make an Ugly Picture Look Even Worse," American School Board Journal, Vol. 162) Here is another example of how statistics can be abused. To avoid this problem, one idea is to require journalists to print the number of people surveyed for each statistic stated. In your reply, please answer the following questions: 1. Do you feel that we should make it illegal to print statistics without sample size? (This would help avoid unethical abuses of statistics.) 2. What else do you feel that journalist should be required to print with a statistic?