Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics

These three charts represent a case study in how data can be manipulated to tell a story. I’ll bet the one you saw the last week is the one on the bottom.

Tom O’Brien

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One Response to “Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics”

  1. orca Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 8:35 am | Reply

    so – are you saying this means the jobless / unemployment situation is not as bad as the 3rd graph? er what?

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