03059nam 2200709 a 450 991078160380332120231110230128.01-4443-4434-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(MiAaPQ)EBC7104623(Au-PeEL)EBL7104623(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.)New York Academy of Sciences 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 cNew York Academy of Sciences News and numbersEnvironmental healthStatisticsPublic healthStatisticsVital statisticsEnvironmental healthPublic healthVital statistics.614.4/20727Cohn Victor1919-2000.1517565Cohn Runkle Deborah1517566Cope Lewis1934-1517567MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781603803321News & numbers3754715UNINA