Jim Ridgway|P.L. Arnold|Will Moy|Rosie Ridgway
Deriving heuristics from political speeches for understanding statistics about society
Durham University|Full Fact|Durham University|Full Fact
many governments adopt mantra evidence informed policy use evidence justify political decisions active citizenship requires understanding appropriate inappropriate uses statistics society number groups dedicated checking claims made politicians produce commentaries based careful analyses data sources interpretations use commentaries one group full fact source insight misleading statements made politicians lead directly heuristics employed faced evidence claims examples provide basis framework conceptualizing statistical literacy data rich world