From http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372
“In fall 2015, some 20.2 million students are expected to attend American colleges and universities, constituting an increase of about 4.9 million since fall 2000 (source).”
Those 10,000 students represent a ratio of 0.000495, or .0495 of a percent… barely a twentieth of one percent. I’m not exactly sure I would qualify that as a “flock.”
I’m not disputing anything about this thread other than the title of the article.
But I have been looking for an example of how people manipulate statistics to make a point for my Precalc class, so I thank the author of the article. It’s perfect.