COMMENT: Statistics without context confuses debate

Ben Smyth
Updated November 2 2017 - 4:52pm, first published 2:13pm
Statistics without context confuses debate
Statistics without context confuses debate

“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics.” A quote possibly by British PM Benjamin Disraeli, but made popular by US author Mark Twain.

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Ben Smyth

Ben Smyth

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I have worked as a journalist since 2005 and am now Editor of Australian Community Media mastheads in Bega, Merimbula and Eden

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