I thought that my statistical literacy and ability to critically examine information was pretty good - but I learnt a lot from this book. I will be able to use this in my own work with data analysis and interpretation to (hopefully) avoid unintentional error.

This book highlights many examples, largely in the media. There are examples of intentional misinformation, over-interpretation and errors in methodology. Academics are also put in the spotlight, with errors of the past shown and some that still happen.

I didn't really know what a systematic review was in the past, but I'll be paying more attention to those in the future - and taking a harder look at what's behind the seemingly authoritative figures quoted in sources I would usually presume to be reasonably reliable.