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The Limits of Official Statistics

November 11, 2020 | Media and Technology

One part personal reflection, one part literature synthesis. This essay reflects on official statistics, common misunderstandings, and the COVID-19 numbers we're all becoming increasingly familiar with. The author calls on news audiences and journalists alike to become more knowledgeable about what official statistics can and can't do -- and to question the epistemic priority that so many people reflexively give to numbers by paying attention to what is not included.

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    Author
    Knology
  • Citation

    Publication Name: Public Anthropologies

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 1906802
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Health and medicine | Mathematics
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Broadcast Media | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Comics, Books, and Newspapers

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