Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets 5th & K welcomes John H. Johnson to present the new book "Everydata: The Misinformation Hidden in the Little Data You Consume Every Day."
In this primer on information literacy, Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Edgeworth Economics, reminds us that little data counts as much as Big Data. Every day, the average person consumes approximately 30 gigabytes of data, ranging from weather forecasts to stock market reports to actuarial tables. Many decisions ride on these figures and studies, so it’s crucial to know how to interpret them. Johnson, a frequent lecturer and affiliated professor at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute, provides the basics of how information is compiled and presented, and shows how to avoid many common errors of assessment by being aware of methodologies, omissions, and other sorts of manipulation.
