How to Make the World Add Up
When was the last time you read a grand statement, accompanied by a large number, and wondered whether it could really be true? Statistic…
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As George Canning once said: “I can prove anything by statistics, except the truth.”
In a world full of disinformation, bad research and misplaced motivation, it would be foolish to take every grand statement (accompanied by some big numbers) at face value. However, we should not disbelieve everything simply because it is possible for someone to lie with statistics.
The 10+1 rules set out by Tim Harford reveal how we can be skeptical and curious at the same time, and use good statistics to see things about the world around us.