TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blauw,Sanne
AU  - Jansen,Suzanne Heukensfeldt
TI  - THE NUMBER BIAS: HOW NUMBERS LEAD AND MISLEAD US / 
SN  - 9781529342741
U1  - 513.5 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London, United Kingdom : 
PB  - SCEPTRE, An Imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, 
KW  - Numbers
N1  - Bibliography: pages [139]-160
N2  - 'The Number Bias combines vivid storytelling with authoritative analysis to deliver a warning about the way numbers can lead us astray - if we let them.' - Tim Harford

Even if you don't consider yourself a numbers person, you are a numbers person. The time has come to put numbers in their place. Not high up on a pedestal, or out on the curb, but right where they belong: beside words.

It is not an overstatement to say that numbers dictate the way we live our lives. They tell us how we're doing at school, how much we weigh, who might win an election and whether the economy is booming. But numbers aren't as objective as they may seem; behind every number is a story. Yet politicians, businesses and the media often forget this - or use it for their own gain
ER  -