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Juking the Stats

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Juking the Stats

A short clip from The Wire in which police officers manipulate crime statistics to make the numbers look better. It dramatizes how metrics get gamed.

Used as a go-to illustration of Goodhart's law and statistical manipulation in institutions.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2018–2022

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  • Film & TV clips
  • Law, policing & justice
  • Microeconomics & behavioral economics

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