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Books & arts Lies, damned lies, and data Danielle Wood 30 January 2023 Wrong, misleading or beside the point: bad data is bad for policymaking — and examples abound Books & arts Does your world add up? Andrew Leigh 17 December 2020 Books | In a world saturated in statistics, Tim Harford is a vital guide Books & arts What counts, and what gets counted Carmela Chivers 4 April 2018 Books | The quest to quantify the performance of our most important institutions can backfire, but what other choice do we have? Books & arts The mystery at the heart of the statistical survey Scott Ewing 6 September 2013 Scott Ewing reviews an indispensable guide to a world constantly being measured and surveyed