In the flashback to the 1984 news report, the newscaster references a study conducted by a florida researcher that demonstrated that more murders were committed during a full moon; shermer then reveals that the study proved to be flawed. using one of the elements of good vs. bad science detailed above, offer a theory as to what might have gone wrong in this scientific study.

Isobars are lines of constant or equal pressure on a weather map. they can be used to find areas of low or high pressure over a broad area, and they can tell us how intense the system may be. on weather maps, you may have noticed areas that have a large l or h over a region with lines circling around them. the l stands for low pressure and h stands for high pressure. the lines circling them are isobars. check out the pressure system and isobars over georgia and florida. what is the present weather in this area ? a) clear and sunny b) cold and cloudy c) changing weather d) lots of precipitation