LEADER 03210nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910966473803321 005 20251117091258.0 010 $a9786613258359 010 $a9781444344349 010 $a144434434X 010 $a9781283258357 010 $a1283258358 010 $a9781444344332 010 $a1444344331 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051708 035 $a(EBL)693775 035 $a(OCoLC)756607267 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000539545 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369848 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539545 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10569038 035 $a(PQKB)10426230 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC693775 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL693775 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10494510 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL325835 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7104623 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7104623 035 $a(Perlego)1010761 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051708 100 $a20110506d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNews & numbers $ea writer's guide to statistics /$fVictor Cohn and Lewis Cope ; with Deborah Cohn Runkle 205 $a3rd ed. 210 $aMalden $cWiley-Blackwell$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (199 p.) 225 1 $aNew York Academy of Sciences 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781444361889 311 08$a1444361880 311 08$a9781405160964 311 08$a1405160969 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhere 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. 330 $aNumbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer three key questions about all scientific studies, polls, and other statistical claims: ""What can I believe?"" ""What does it mean?"" and ""How can I explain it to others?"" Updated throughout, this long overdue third edition brings this classic text up-to-date with the 21st c 410 0$aNew York Academy of Sciences 517 3 $aNews and numbers 606 $aEnvironmental health$vStatistics 606 $aPublic health$vStatistics 606 $aVital statistics 615 0$aEnvironmental health 615 0$aPublic health 615 0$aVital statistics. 676 $a614.4/20727 686 $a498$2njb/09 686 $a614.4/20727$2njb/09 701 $aRunkle$b Deborah$01870573 701 $aCope$b Lewis$f1934-$01808897 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966473803321 996 $aNews & numbers$94479076 997 $aUNINA