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Why Is It So Hard To Find Data In Scotland?

January 16, 2024January 28, 2024 / Dr Craig Dalzell / Leave a comment

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes

(This blog post previously appeared in The National.)

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