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Over-interpretation – how to discredit your consultation
Posted 9 years ago5 minute read
The danger of pushing your data further than it should go …
This is the effect of having the brilliant Ben Goldacre highlight poor data interpretation at our Conference – and having a General Election the following day. We have all spent the weekend listening to academics, politicians, journalists and commentators all trying to explain what happened. It has been like a well-rehearsed case study in the over-interpretation of data.
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