Bad data : how governments, politicians and the rest of us get misled by numbers /
Sturge, Georgina,
Bad data : how governments, politicians and the rest of us get misled by numbers / Georgina Sturge. - 274 pages
People -- Asking -- Concepts -- Changes -- No data -- Models -- Uncertainty -- Final word.
"Our politicians make vital decisions and declarations every day that rely on official data. But should all statistics be trusted? Our politicians make vital decisions and declarations every day that rely on official data. But should all statistics be trusted? In BAD DATA, House of Commons Library statistician Georgina Sturge draws back the curtain on how governments of the past and present have been led astray by figures littered with inconsistency, guesswork and uncertainty."--
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Statistics--Political aspects--Great Britain.
Statistics--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Statistics.
314.1
Bad data : how governments, politicians and the rest of us get misled by numbers / Georgina Sturge. - 274 pages
People -- Asking -- Concepts -- Changes -- No data -- Models -- Uncertainty -- Final word.
"Our politicians make vital decisions and declarations every day that rely on official data. But should all statistics be trusted? Our politicians make vital decisions and declarations every day that rely on official data. But should all statistics be trusted? In BAD DATA, House of Commons Library statistician Georgina Sturge draws back the curtain on how governments of the past and present have been led astray by figures littered with inconsistency, guesswork and uncertainty."--
9780349128610 9780349128627
GBC2F7441 bnb
020736630 Uk
Statistics--Political aspects--Great Britain.
Statistics--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Statistics.
314.1