Michael Billig, Cristina Marinho

Politicians Manipulating Statistics

How They Do It and How to Oppose Them

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Produktbeschreibung

"Explore Billig and Marinho's highly original study of politicians misusing statistics, misleading the public, and manipulating statisticians. This book also highlights how the British and French statistical agencies aim to combat this increasingly serious problem. Tailored for all audiences, it is a clearly written, insightful, and witty work"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009488136
• ISBN-10: 1009488139
• Artikelnr.: 71286935

Autorenporträt

Michael Billig is Emeritus Professor at Loughborough University. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and received the British Psychological Society's 2023 award for Lifetime Achievement.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. The rise of statistics
3. Different ways of manipulating
4. Donald trump: master manipulator
5. Manipulating statistics and statisticians
6. Establishing a statistical authority in Britain
7. Establishing a statistical authority in France
8. Gérald Darmanin: populism against statistics
9. Boris Johnson: untruthful words and numbers
10. How a manipulated covid target was exposed
11. Final comments
Notes
Index.