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These figures don't add up
Author: Nigel Hawkes | Date: 17/04/2012| Issue: 65
The rise of bogus percentages and the numeracy aptitude of the PRs behind the claims
Opening the flood gates
Author: Nigel Hawkes | Date: 09/03/2012| Issue: 64
Nigel Hawkes, director at Straight Statistics, is scathing about reports on a flood-related baby boom in Gloucestershire
How not to measure identity fraud
Author: Nigel Hawkes | Date: 12/12/2011| Issue: 62
Nigel Hawkes, director at Straight Statistics, sets the record straight about alarmist surveys on identity fraud
Surely it could be you?
Author: Nigel Hawkes | Date: 01/11/2011| Issue: 61
Nigel Hawkes, director at Straight Statistics, thinks that the National Lottery's PR efforts rather contradict the spirit of the game
Seeing double over school age drinking
Author: Nigel Hawkes | Date: 01/10/2011| Issue: 60
Nigel Hawkes, director at Straight Statistics, warns that fears over teens being influenced by alcohol companies on social media may be exaggerated
A language barrier
Author: Nigel Hawkes | Date: 01/09/2011| Issue: 59
Nigel Hawkes, director at Straight Statistics, is unimpressed by the methodology of a survey on the use of Welsh language
Oxfam spins tasty tale
Author: Rishab Mehan | Date: 05/08/2011| Issue: 58
Rishab Mehan, director at Straight Statistics, analyses Oxfam's claims on global food consumption
Topping up the figures
Author: Nigel Hawkes | Date: 15/06/2011| Issue: 57
Nigel Hawkes, director at Straight Statistics, is cautious about medical claims that alcohol related illnesses are draining the NHS
Days of the weak
Author: Nigel Hawkes | Date: 15/05/2011| Issue: 56
Nigel Hawkes, director at Straight Statistics, is unimpressed by fruity claims but minimal evidence in a new release about 'weakdays'
Surveying the surveys
Author: Nigel Hawkes | Date: 15/04/2011| Issue: 55
Nigel Hawkes, director at Straight Statistics, is unimpressed with spurious surveys that gain column inches but little credibility
Hysteria in numbers
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/03/2011| Issue: 54
Introducing a new monthly column sponsored by Straight Statistics that will highlight the misuse of statistics in communications
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