TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sturge,Georgina
TI  - Bad data: how governments, politicians and the rest of us get misled by numbers 
SN  - 9780349128610
U1  - 314.1 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - London
PB  - The Bridge Street Press
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - People -- Asking -- Concepts -- Changes -- No data -- Models -- Uncertainty -- Final word
N2  - "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."--
ER  -