99% of statistics are made up. The world runs on numbers ; Statistics in the fake news era ; Don't be part of the problem
Where do numbers come from? Making the news ; #nofilter ; Where's the harm? ; A lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on
Samples, samples everywhere ... It's samples all the way down ... ; Size matters ; Bad samples ; Spotting biased samples ; The magic of sampling
Measure for measure. The dark side of immigration in open, generous Sweden ; Define your terms ; How to lie with definitions ; Counting is hard ; Asking the right questions ; There's no such thing as a perfect statistic
What does it mean to be average? Average man ; The mean doesn't always mean what you think it means ; Why doesn't everyone know this already? ; The median : the mean's under-appreciated brother ; Averages are not real
Fraction of a man. There are two kinds of data in the world ; What's the point of percentages? ; Percentages : backwards and forwards ; Risky business ; Statistics aren't real
Cause and effect. Kill or cure ; CSI : causation ; The drugs don't work ; 'Have smartphones destroyed a generation?' ; Establishing causation is not impossible ; The rush to infer causation
Bad graphics. Electioneering ; Charts as a collection of 'visual metaphors' ; Bad charts : a spotter's guide ; Nonsense graphs
Context is everything. 'Is that a big number?' ; Four questions ; Camera tricks
Do it yourself. The gender pay gap ; Writing up the results ; How to use statistics to tell the truth.
