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Data & decisions
A number can be accurate and still leave us with the wrong impression. These stories ask what gets lost between a result, the story we tell about it and the decision that follows.
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Featured story Polls and interpretation
Why polls can be right and still tell the wrong story
A poll gives us an estimate of what people think at a moment in time. The headline can turn it into a prediction the evidence never made.
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Averages and experience
The tyranny of the average
One tidy result can be true of the whole group and still miss the people whose experience sits far from it.
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Clarity and action
When more data creates less understanding
Another chart may answer another question. Will it help anyone decide what matters next?
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