In the vein of "Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names", I'd like to read "Falsehoods Politicians Believe About Statistics".
In reply to @christianp
If you haven't seen the thing about names, it's by @patio11 and I highly recommend it: kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/fal…
And there's a list that makes me think every belief held by programmers is false: github.com/kdeldycke/awes…
In reply to @christianp
I'll start the list of Falsehoods Politicians Believe About Statistics. Please add in your own!
1: The success of a policy objective can be measured.
2: There's only one way of measuring success.
3: If the average has increased, everything has increased.
In reply to @christianp
* A 5% decrease followed by a 5% increase is a net zero change.