How to read numbers

To answer some of life's questions, we often rely on numbers. How we hear about these numbers though, is often through the media. The problem with this is that the way the media uses numbers isn't particularly reliable. A lot of the time, numbers are misunderstood, misrepresented, or misused. This is all insight from a new book and accompanying campaign, 'How to Read Numbers' by Assistant Professor in Economics Dr David Chivers and cousin Tom Chivers, a journalist at UnHerd . Worrying and scary percentages An example they use in their new book is that in 2018, The Telegraph published an article informing readers that children born to men over the age of 45 were 18% more likely to have seizures. This can sound very alarming and worrying.
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