Public v private sector pay: the well-chosen average - part 1

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Public v private sector pay: the well-chosen average

The Guardian newspaper has debunked recent media reports claiming that “public sector workers earn 7% more on average than their peers in the private sector”. In his recent “Bad science” article, Ben Goldacre demonstrates how easy it is to manipulate and misuse official statistics and how important it is to ensure that like is compared with like.

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Title: “Public sector pay: the figures don't add up”, by Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, 9 January 2010.

Availability: Take a look at the article online on The Guardian web site at www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jan/09/bad-science-ben-goldacre.

Read the article and the debate in Goldacre’s Bad science blog.