Sturge, Georgina
Bad Data How Governments, Politicians and the Rest of Us Get Misled by Numbers - London The Bridge Street Press 2022 - 274p
"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." -- publisher
9780349128627 (PB)
Statistics Political aspects Great Britain
311 / STU
Bad Data How Governments, Politicians and the Rest of Us Get Misled by Numbers - London The Bridge Street Press 2022 - 274p
"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." -- publisher
9780349128627 (PB)
Statistics Political aspects Great Britain
311 / STU