August 31, 2021

When data+stories=stories?

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This graphic, in a tweet by @heyblake, struck a chord in a lot of people. On the one hand, data together with stories that personalise the statistics can be a very powerful way to communicate.

On the other hand, this story is a lot whiter and greener than the data, and that’s definitely a thing that can happen.

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Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »