Lies, damned lies, and political campaigns

"Lies, damned lies and criminal statistics": reinterpreting the criminal statistics in England and Wales.

Lies, damned lies and stereotypes: pragmatic approximations of users

Stereotypes are a pervasive element of much work in user modelling. This paper discusses ways that stereotypes have been used, both in user modelling research and, by other names, in many other areas. As a basis for better understanding of stereotypes for user modelling, the paper develops bases for their uses in such diversified areas as information filtering, help systems, advisors and the ta...

To leave or not to leave.

Lies, damned lies and Brexit statistics. It's not been a good month for anyone espousing evidence-based policy and politics after the chair of the Commons health committee switched from Leave to Remain, citing misuse of data by the Leave campaign.

Lies, damned lies and……….

The well-known quotation “There are lies, damned lies and statistics” suggests that statistics doesn’t have the greatest of reputations. Why is this? Certainly, statistics can be used to mislead, but logically “lies, damned lies and statistics” reflects high levels of statistical misunderstanding rather than indicating that statistics are inherently ‘bad’. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre highlight...

Data, Shapes, Symbols: Achieving Balance in School Mathematics

Mathematics is our “invisible culture” (Hammond 1978). Few people have any idea how much mathematics lies behind the artifacts and accoutrements of modern life. Nothing we use on a daily basis—houses, automobiles, bicycles, furniture, not to mention cell phones, computers, and Palm Pilots—would be possible without mathematics. Neither would our economy nor our democracy: national defense, Socia...