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Ben Goldacre on Boris Johnson’s misuse of statistics

“How can you tell when a politician is lying? When you see their lips move!”. Old old joke. And perhaps topical. Ben Goldacre calls Boris Johnson to task for the misuse of statistics. Goldacre goes on to state “…the contempt with which politicians hold evidence and statistics.”. Boris Johnson gets upset when he’s not allowed [...]

Boris Johnson’s initiative for literacy in London – update

Following my post “Boris Johnson harming kids?” at http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2010/08/03/449.html, I’ve found an earlier article from fullfact.org “Literacy in schools: are the statistics unsound?” which describes serious issues in the validity of statistics and data sources. Much work still to be done to confirm source data and validate the statistics. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – [...]

Boris Johnson harming kids?

Having read Ben Goldacre “Bad Science” book and blog, and having read other websites dedicated to the need for evidence-based decisions and the need for proper trials, I agree with Ben Goldacre’s article “Boris Johnson and his innovative trial methodology” that Johnson may be harming our kids with his “tacit” endorsement of the Centre for [...]