The dark side of data

The dark side of data “He’s got fancy charts. He must be right.” Trevor Butterworth “Complete bollox—does that phrase translate here?” — David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory at...

Want to change the world? Give kids data

Want to change the world? Give kids data Make it relevant to their lives—and givethem tools for visualization Trevor Butterworth Photo: izusek for istockphoto.com We’ve shown, through access to large and relevant data sets that kids “can do things we thought were too...

How to wreck Puerto Rico

How to wreck save Puerto Rico After saving Puerto Rico hundreds of millions of dollars, a world-class statistics institute faces has been saved from destruction Trevor Butterworth Photo: cestes001 for istockphoto.com “Why would you not want an independent and unbiased...