Amadeus Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Police crime figures lose official status over claims of fiddling http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/15/police-crime-figures-status-claims-fiddling The gold-standard "national statistics" status has been withdrawn from police recorded crime figures following repeated allegations that some of the quarterly published figures have been subject to "a degree of fiddling". Honestly not surprised there. Never forget the old saying: Don't trust any statistics you haven't fiddled yourself. Who is auditing IOM figures? UK Statistics Authority or local equivalent? Or no-one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Does it matter? and really who cares? Any statistic can made to look good or bad depending how you look at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I used to be a nihilist, but now I just couldn't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Police crime figures lose official status over claims of fiddling http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/15/police-crime-figures-status-claims-fiddling The gold-standard "national statistics" status has been withdrawn from police recorded crime figures following repeated allegations that some of the quarterly published figures have been subject to "a degree of fiddling". Honestly not surprised there. Never forget the old saying: Don't trust any statistics you haven't fiddled yourself. Who is auditing IOM figures? UK Statistics Authority or local equivalent? Or no-one? Careful now...you might get shot for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Does it matter? and really who cares? Any statistic can made to look good or bad depending how you look at it Problem is Thommo, politicians care about the stats and use it to justify future budgets, strategies etc. If the data they base their policies on wrong, it follows that the policies may too be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Tommo, of course it matters the police are supposed to be honest and trustworthy....ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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