This New Yorker article reports some of the ideas taught in a popular University of Washington course, “Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data.” Citing philosophers, scientists, and common sense advice, the article looks at how to evaluate stories that can be told using big data, a relatively new phenomenon that has been helped by smartphones and other information-gathering devices in the last decade.
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-to-call-bullshit-on-big-data-a-practical-guide