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Telling statistical stories
Author(s) -
Schuckers Michael,
Campbell Sarah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/1740-9713.01447
Subject(s) - statistician , reading (process) , narrative , key (lock) , history , philosophy , computer science , art , literature , statistics , mathematics , linguistics , computer security
Statistics should be “the driest of all reading”, according to a quote often attributed to the Victorian statistician William Farr. But Michael Schuckers and Sarah Campbell beg to differ. Here, they explain why narratives are key to capturing reader attention