Figures Don't Lie, But Liars Figure - part the third

It should come as no surprise that I noted this piece in the news. Many's the time I've noted that most decisions, even when titularly data driven, are really agenda driven. The manipulations of public data is ripe for such excess.

You might see lists on the internet that shout out this or that statistic about the safest or most dangerous cities in America. It can be tempting to use crime data to compare cities and identify trends.

You owe to your inner data nerd to read up the piece. It is one of many published over the years that affirm the title.