Checking the accuracy of what you see and hear is what this section is about.

Here you'll find material on how sellers use psychological pricing techniques to entice buyers. There's also an analysis of how problems surround attempts to verify the UK's unemployment figures. Finally, the decline in voter turn-out numbers, seen in recent UK General Elections, is investigated to verify claims that democracy itself is under threat as a result.

There are four main areas of this section and you can access them at any time using the navigation bar on the left. The four sections are:

• Explanation - some issues you ought to consider to check the accuracy of data
• Illustration - illustrations of a variety of situations where data needs to be looked at carefully
• Worksheets - worksheets on verifying and checking data
• Review - a brief summary of the topics covered in the 'verifying' section and a final activity

Why not also try the final worksheet activity to see how difficult it can be even to define accurately where you live! - particularly if that happens to be the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.