17 SEPTEMBER 1988, page 21

Stats Not Standards

The GCSE is a system aimed at keeping people happy, writes Michael Trend WE HAVE reached that season of the calendar which marks both the start of the school and the political......

. . And Statistics'

`ONE third of black New Yorkers between the ages of five and 19 are murdered. (Sunday Times, 18 July) THIS staggeringly high rate has never been reported before. The long-......