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confessions of a number cruncher (negative attributes of numbers…
confessions of a number cruncher
common structures
...huge extra spending was driven by / can be driven as much by..as / is said to have done for
all too often things can go wrong without anyone in government wanting to cook the figures.
much less obvious (than....) is the (force they exert)
the less said, the better
indispensable, powerful....which is which?
idiomatic language
don't get me wrong...
when should alarm bells ring?
be humble about what you can claim on the back of them
to get this stuff
to serve all your figures with a generous dose of humility
negative attributes of numbers
arbitrary, misleading, hazy, flaky, daft
command disproportionate attention
crowd info out of the debate
out and out false
to bandy around numbers
statistical fog
to cling on to a convenient number
purporting to show
especially prone to abuse
clouded in doubt
to push and prod numbers
finance / economics
borrowing figures
to revise down
a gauge /to gauge
to warp the exchange rate
to edge up or down
dreadful productivity growth
to lose sight of the bigger picture
miscellaneous
to shield your argument
savvy
to sink in
to frame the debate
any statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes
to be far off
statistical watchdog