02927nam 2200673 a 450 991045785360332120200520144314.01-4443-4434-X1-283-25835-897866132583591-4443-4433-1(CKB)2550000000051708(EBL)693775(OCoLC)756607267(SSID)ssj0000539545(PQKBManifestationID)11369848(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539545(PQKBWorkID)10569038(PQKB)10426230(MiAaPQ)EBC693775(Au-PeEL)EBL693775(CaPaEBR)ebr10494510(CaONFJC)MIL325835(EXLCZ)99255000000005170820110506d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNews & numbers[electronic resource] a writer's guide to statistics /Victor Cohn and Lewis Cope ; with Deborah Cohn Runkle3rd ed.Malden Wiley-Blackwell20121 online resource (199 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4443-6188-0 1-4051-6096-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Where we can do better -- Certainty of uncertainty -- Testing the evidence -- What's a good study -- Your questions and peer review -- A guide to the second half of news & numbers -- Tests and drug trials -- Vital statistics -- Health costs, quality and insurance -- Our environment -- Writing about risks -- Polls -- Statistical savvy for many types of news -- Epilogue.Numbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer three key questions about all scientific studies, polls, and other statistical claims: ""What can I believe?"" ""What does it mean?"" and ""How can I explain it to others?"" Updated throughout, this long overdue third edition brings this classic text up-to-date with the 21st cNews and numbersPublic healthStatisticsEnvironmental healthStatisticsVital statisticsElectronic books.Public healthEnvironmental healthVital statistics.614.4/20727Cohn Victor1919-2000.968558Cope Lewis1934-968559Cohn Runkle Deborah968560MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457853603321News & numbers2199979UNINA