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Damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / / Joel Best



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Autore: Best Joel Visualizza persona
Titolo: Damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / / Joel Best Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2012
Edizione: Updated ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
Disciplina: 303.3/8
303.38
Soggetto topico: Social indicators
Social problems - Statistical methods
Sociology - Statistical methods
Soggetto non controllato: awareness
bad statistics
go to handbook
mainstream media
manipulation of numbers
math student
math teacher
political activist
professor
statistical consumption
statistical literacy
understanding numbers
understanding statistics
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE UPDATED EDITION -- INTRODUCTION. The Worst Social Statistic Ever -- 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL STATISTICS -- 2. SOFT FACTS: Sources of Bad Statistics -- 3. MUTANT STATISTICS: Methods for Mangling Numbers -- 4. APPLES AND ORANGES: Inappropriate Comparisons -- 5. STAT WARS: Conflicts over Social Statistics -- 6. THINKING ABOUT SOCIAL STATISTICS: The Critical Approach -- Afterword. BAD STATISTICS: WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? -- NOTES -- INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers.
Titolo autorizzato: Damned lies and statistics  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-59446-3
9786613906915
0-520-95351-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910792089903321
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