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The Misuse, Misrepresentation, and Politicization of Statistics in
American Society critically examines the early measurement efforts
of several government agencies responsible for some of the most
widely watched social indicators on unemployment, life expectancy,
crime, and population. It argues that official statistics are
dubious at best, not so much as objective barometers of social life
but rather arbitrary, highly-politicized, socially-constructed
metrics that are easily manipulable and subject to misuse and
misinterpretation. The book argues that official statistics
powerfully frame social reality, ultimately helping to determine
who counts and what matters in society. It makes the case that, as
with other types of official accounts, data derived from government
sources needs to be regarded skeptically and systematically
investigated. The book concludes that official statistics are a
kind of sanctioned cover up of everyday reality, hiding the true
extent of joblessness, distorting the real increase in life
expectancy, obscuring where crime actually happens, and hiding the
undeniable growth of minority populations behind a facade.
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