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3 ways to spot a bad statistic

Mona Chalabi · TED

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About

Sometimes it's hard to know what statistics are worthy of trust. But we shouldn't count out stats altogether ... instead, we should learn to look behind them. In this delightful, hilarious talk, data journalist Mona Chalabi shares handy tips to help question, interpret and truly understand what the numbers are saying.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDNYC
Speaker
Mona Chalabi
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Society and politics, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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