The Limits of Official Statistics

November 11th, 2020 | RESEARCH

One part personal reflection, one part literature synthesis. This essay reflects on official statistics, common misunderstandings, and the COVID-19 numbers we're all becoming increasingly familiar with. The author calls on news audiences and journalists alike to become more knowledgeable about what official statistics can and can't do -- and to question the epistemic priority that so many people reflexively give to numbers by paying attention to what is not included.

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Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein, Author, Knology

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Publication: Public Anthropologies

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Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 1906802

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