Assignment:
Pick one example of a manipulated or misrepresented statistics from the media - introduce the article - indicate how it is manipulated - the source of the abuse - and how it should be done correctly. The manipulation can happen in the design - sample selection - methodology - presentation - conclusion - graph - and or many other techniques.
Use: Collect tour own data set - you can also take it from a primary source with appropriate reference. Conduct your descriptive stats analysis.