{"product_id":"bad-data-9780349128634","title":"Bad Data","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Essential reading ... An incisive and urgently needed book'' Tim Harford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''[An] entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data ... a penetrating analysis of why statistical literacy matters to our politics and our daily lives'' Professor Jonathan Portes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur politicians make vital decisions and declarations every day that rely on official data. But should all statistics be trusted?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBAD DATA\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover how a Hungarian businessman''s bright idea caused half a million people to go missing from UK migration statistics. Find out why it''s possible for two politicians to disagree over whether poverty has gone up or down, using the same official numbers, and for both to be right at the same time. And hear about how p\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssential reading\u003c\/b\u003e for anyone who's ever wondered where all those numbers come from. Even more essential reading for anyone who hasn't. \u003cb\u003eAn incisive and urgently needed book\u003c\/b\u003e -- Tim Harford, bestselling author of HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD ADD UP and presenter of BBC Radio 4's More or Less\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e ... To study BAD DATA is to discover the extreme limits to official knowledge -- Xand van Tulleken * TLS *\u003cbr\u003eSturge is very effective at explaining, with human examples, how bad data affects lives. Readers of Hannah Fry's HELLO WORLD or Caroline Criado Perez's INVISIBLE WOMEN will be familiar with the notion that biased humans create biased artificial intelligence programmes. Here, we see their direct effects. ... [BAD DATA] is \u003cb\u003eso good at inspiring curiosity and the inclination to challenge\u003c\/b\u003e -- Katy Guest * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA whistle-stop tour of all the ways the data that forms the basis of policymaking can fall short -- Rachel Cunliffe * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e[An] \u003cb\u003ee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003excellent\u003c\/b\u003e book ... there's something here for everyone who wants to better understand the limits of our knowledge about the country ... informative and at times amusing -- Simon Briscoe * TLS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBracing\u003c\/b\u003e ... the story of how often things go wrong in the political use of statistics -- John Lanchester * London Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003einformative, reasoned, and apolitical \u003c\/b\u003ebook offers a string of examples to show that statistics are not always what they seem -- Christopher Snowdon * Quillette *\u003cbr\u003eThe plural of anecdote is not data. But Georgina Sturge's \u003cb\u003eentertaining introduction \u003c\/b\u003eto the uses (and misuses) of data in public policy and debate combines numerous stories, some amusing, some disturbing, with \u003cb\u003ea penetrating analysis of why statistical literacy matters \u003c\/b\u003eto our politics and our daily lives -- Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics and Public Policy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733653467479,"sku":"9780349128634","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bad-data-9780349128634","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}