Bad Data: How Governments, Politicians and the Rest of Us Get Misled by Numbers

Author: Georgina Sturge Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Not all statistics are created equal. Take a look behind the scenes and you'll discover that even most official data isn't the solid bedrock we think it is. It's patchy, inconsistent, full of guesswork and uncertainty - and it's playing an ever-bigger role in policy decisions. BAD DATA takes the reader on that behind-the-scenes journey, guided by House of Commons Library statistician Georgina Sturge. Revealing the secrets of a world that...Read more