How Data Misleads Us by [Netherlands] Sunne Blau Publisher: Guangdong People's Publishing House

Introduction · · · · · ·
Some people say that "data determines life". In the era of big data, this sentence has become a self-evident truth. Data is almost everywhere. It can reflect grades, weight, and weather, or it can influence voting results, affect economic growth, and erase climate change. However, many data are not as objective and fair as they claim to be. Instead, they are often manipulated to mislead us. Therefore, it is time to correct the name of data and recognize the truth behind the data trap.

In this book, Dutch econometrician and data statistics journalist Sanne Blaeu will lead readers to "count" the world through real cases, from Nightingale using big data to save lives, to the falsification of reports by the US tobacco industry, to the swing in votes in the EU referendum. This book reveals data bias in daily life and teaches you how to stop blindly believing in numbers and to master the "pitfall avoidance method" that everyone must learn in the big data era.

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About the Author
Sanne Blauw is a Dutch econometrician and data analysis journalist. She received her PhD from the Rasmus School of Economics and has been committed to data research for a long time, revealing the impact of numbers on life and trying to correct the Dutch people's prejudice against data. Currently, she works as a correspondent for the Dutch portal website De Correspondent.