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The Tiger That Isn’t by Blastland and Dilnot — Book Review

1 November, 2018 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

The Tiger That Isn't

What is it about? According to its authors: “Mathematics scares and depresses most of us, but politicians, journalists and everyone in power use numbers all the time to bamboozle us.  It is liberating to understand when numbers are telling the truth or being used to lie.” According to Steven Poole at the Guardian: “This very elegant book… […]

Filed Under: Blog, Book Tagged With: analysis paralysis, Andrew Dilnot, data integrity, data is not information, key performance indicators, measurement, Michael Blastland, targets

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