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Damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / / Joel Best
| Damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / / Joel Best |
| Autore | Best Joel |
| Edizione | [Updated ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2012 |
| 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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-59446-3
9786613906915 0-520-95351-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464982203321 |
Best Joel
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / / Joel Best
| Damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / / Joel Best |
| Autore | Best Joel |
| Edizione | [Updated ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2012 |
| 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 |
| ISBN |
1-283-59446-3
9786613906915 0-520-95351-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792089903321 |
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Best Joel
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / / Joel Best
| Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / / Joel Best |
| Autore | Best Joel |
| Edizione | [Updated ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina |
303.3/8
303.38 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social indicators
Social problems - Statistical methods Sociology - Statistical methods |
| ISBN |
9786613906915
9781283594462 1283594463 9780520953512 0520953517 |
| Classificazione | SOC026000SOC027000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910964186203321 |
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Best Joel
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introductory statistics for the behavioral sciences [[electronic resource] /] / Joan Welkowitz, Barry H. Cohen, R. Brooke Lea
| Introductory statistics for the behavioral sciences [[electronic resource] /] / Joan Welkowitz, Barry H. Cohen, R. Brooke Lea |
| Autore | Welkowitz Joan |
| Edizione | [7th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (578 p.) |
| Disciplina | 519.5024/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenBarry H. <1949->
LeaR. Brooke |
| Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Statistical methods
Psychometrics Sociology - Statistical methods Educational statistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-14973-4
1-283-40103-7 9786613401038 1-118-14971-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Part I Descriptive Statistics Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Frequency Distributions and Graphs Chapter 3: Measures of Central Tendency and Variability Chapter 4: Standardized Scores and the Normal Distribution Part II Basic Inferential Statistics Chapter 5: Introduction to Statistical Inference Chapter 6: The One-Sample t Test and Interval Estimation Chapter 7: Testing Hypotheses about the Difference between the Means of Two Populations Chapter 8: Nonparametric Tests for the Difference between Two Means Chapter 9: Linear Correlation Chapter 10: Prediction and Linear Regression Chapter 11: Introduction to Power Analysis Part III Analysis of Variance Methods Chapter 12: One-Way Analysis of Variance Chapter 13: Multiple Comparisons Chapter 14: Introduction to Factorial Design: Two-Way Analysis of Variance Chapter 15: Repeated-Measures ANOVA Part IV Nonparametric Statistics for Categorical Data Chapter 16: Probability of Discrete Events and the Binomial Distribution Chapter 17: Chi Square Tests Appendix Glossary of Terms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461640203321 |
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Welkowitz Joan
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| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introductory statistics for the behavioral sciences [[electronic resource] /] / Joan Welkowitz, Barry H. Cohen, R. Brooke Lea
| Introductory statistics for the behavioral sciences [[electronic resource] /] / Joan Welkowitz, Barry H. Cohen, R. Brooke Lea |
| Autore | Welkowitz Joan |
| Edizione | [7th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxiii, 545 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 519.5024/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenBarry H. <1949->
LeaR. Brooke |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational statistics
Psychometrics Social sciences - Statistical methods Sociology - Statistical methods |
| ISBN |
1-118-14971-8
1-118-14973-4 9786613401038 1-283-40103-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Part I Descriptive Statistics Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Frequency Distributions and Graphs Chapter 3: Measures of Central Tendency and Variability Chapter 4: Standardized Scores and the Normal Distribution Part II Basic Inferential Statistics Chapter 5: Introduction to Statistical Inference Chapter 6: The One-Sample t Test and Interval Estimation Chapter 7: Testing Hypotheses about the Difference between the Means of Two Populations Chapter 8: Nonparametric Tests for the Difference between Two Means Chapter 9: Linear Correlation Chapter 10: Prediction and Linear Regression Chapter 11: Introduction to Power Analysis Part III Analysis of Variance Methods Chapter 12: One-Way Analysis of Variance Chapter 13: Multiple Comparisons Chapter 14: Introduction to Factorial Design: Two-Way Analysis of Variance Chapter 15: Repeated-Measures ANOVA Part IV Nonparametric Statistics for Categorical Data Chapter 16: Probability of Discrete Events and the Binomial Distribution Chapter 17: Chi Square Tests Appendix Glossary of Terms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795971803321 |
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Welkowitz Joan
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| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introductory statistics for the behavioral sciences / / Joan Welkowitz, Barry H. Cohen, R. Brooke Lea
| Introductory statistics for the behavioral sciences / / Joan Welkowitz, Barry H. Cohen, R. Brooke Lea |
| Autore | Welkowitz Joan |
| Edizione | [7th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxiii, 545 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 519.5024/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenBarry H. <1949->
LeaR. Brooke |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational statistics
Psychometrics Social sciences - Statistical methods Sociology - Statistical methods |
| ISBN |
9786613401038
9781118149713 1118149718 9781118149737 1118149734 9781283401036 1283401037 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Part I Descriptive Statistics Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Frequency Distributions and Graphs Chapter 3: Measures of Central Tendency and Variability Chapter 4: Standardized Scores and the Normal Distribution Part II Basic Inferential Statistics Chapter 5: Introduction to Statistical Inference Chapter 6: The One-Sample t Test and Interval Estimation Chapter 7: Testing Hypotheses about the Difference between the Means of Two Populations Chapter 8: Nonparametric Tests for the Difference between Two Means Chapter 9: Linear Correlation Chapter 10: Prediction and Linear Regression Chapter 11: Introduction to Power Analysis Part III Analysis of Variance Methods Chapter 12: One-Way Analysis of Variance Chapter 13: Multiple Comparisons Chapter 14: Introduction to Factorial Design: Two-Way Analysis of Variance Chapter 15: Repeated-Measures ANOVA Part IV Nonparametric Statistics for Categorical Data Chapter 16: Probability of Discrete Events and the Binomial Distribution Chapter 17: Chi Square Tests Appendix Glossary of Terms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910966650603321 |
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Welkowitz Joan
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| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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More damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : how numbers confuse public issues / / Joel Best
| More damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : how numbers confuse public issues / / Joel Best |
| Autore | Best Joel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.3/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociology - Statistical methods
Social problems - Statistical methods Social indicators |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-520-93002-9
1-282-35713-1 9786612357138 1-4175-4075-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450010703321 |
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Best Joel
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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More damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : how numbers confuse public issues / / Joel Best
| More damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : how numbers confuse public issues / / Joel Best |
| Autore | Best Joel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.3/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociology - Statistical methods
Social problems - Statistical methods Social indicators |
| Soggetto non controllato |
argumentation
bullying college ratings crime critical thinking data duels data democracy divorce economics evidence fear health care history hospital errors informed opinion innumeracy journalism justice system legal system math mathematics media news nonfiction political economy political science politics popular culture psychology racial profiling reasoning research stats research rhetoric school shooting sciences social issues stat wars statistical measures statistics stats teen suicide |
| ISBN |
0-520-93002-9
1-282-35713-1 9786612357138 1-4175-4075-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782957103321 |
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Best Joel
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Quantitative data analysis : doing social research to test ideas / / Donald J. Treiman
| Quantitative data analysis : doing social research to test ideas / / Donald J. Treiman |
| Autore | Treiman Donald J |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco : , : Jossey-Bass, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (477 p.) |
| Disciplina | 300.72 |
| Collana | Research Methods for the Social Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Research - Statistical methods
Sociology - Research - Statistical methods Sociology - Statistical methods Social sciences - Statistical methods - Computer programs |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-118-51260-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Quantitative Data Analysis: Doing Social Research to Test Ideas""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, Exhibits, and Boxes""; ""Preface""; ""The Author""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Cross-Tabulations""; ""What This Chapter Is About""; ""Introduction to the Book via a Concrete Example""; ""Cross-Tabulations""; ""What This Chapter Has Shown""; ""2 More on Tables""; ""What This Chapter Is About""; ""The Logic of Elaboration""; ""Suppressor Variables""; ""Additive and Interaction Effects""; ""Direct Standardization""; ""A Final Note on Statistical Controls Versus Experiments""
""What This Chapter Has Shown""""3 Still More on Tables""; ""What This Chapter Is About""; ""Reorganizing Tables to Extract New Information""; ""When to Percentage a Table Backwards""; ""Cross-Tabulations in Which the Dependent Variable Is Represented by a Mean""; ""Index of Dissimilarity""; ""Writing About Cross-Tabulations""; ""What This Chapter Has Shown""; ""4 On the Manipulation of Data by Computer""; ""What This Chapter Is About""; ""Introduction""; ""How Data Files Are Organized""; ""Transforming Data""; ""What This Chapter Has Shown""; ""Appendix 4.A Doing Analysis Using Stata"" ""Tips on Doing Analysis Using Stata""""Some Particularly Useful Stata 10.0 Commands""; ""5 Introduction to Correlation and Regression (Ordinary Least Squares)""; ""What This Chapter Is About""; ""Introduction""; ""Quantifying the Size of a Relationship: Regression Analysis""; ""Assessing the Strength of a Relationship: Correlation Analysis""; ""The Relationship Between Correlation and Regression Coefficients""; ""Factors Affecting the Size of Correlation (and Regression) Coefficients""; ""Correlation Ratios""; ""What This Chapter Has Shown"" ""6 Introduction to Multiple Correlation and Regression (Ordinary Least Squares)""""What This Chapter Is About""; ""Introduction""; ""A Worked Example: The Determinants of Literacy in China""; ""Dummy Variables""; ""A Strategy for Comparisons Across Groups""; ""A Bayesian Alternative for Comparing Models""; ""Independent Validation""; ""What This Chapter Has Shown""; ""7 Multiple Regression Tricks: Techniques for Handling Special Analytic Problems""; ""What This Chapter Is About""; ""Nonlinear Transformations""; ""Testing the Equality of Coefficients"" ""Trend Analysis: Testing the Assumption of Linearity""""Linear Splines""; ""Expressing Coefficients as Deviations from the Grand Mean (Multiple Classification Analysis)""; ""Other Ways of Representing Dummy Variables""; ""Decomposing the Difference Between Two Means""; ""What This Chapter Has Shown""; ""8 Multiple Imputation of Missing Data""; ""What This Chapter Is About""; ""Introduction""; ""A Worked Example: The Effect of Cultural Capital on Educational Attainment in Russia""; ""What This Chapter Has Shown""; ""9 Sample Design and Survey Estimation""; ""What This Chapter Is About"" ""Survey Samples"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464948103321 |
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Treiman Donald J
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| San Francisco : , : Jossey-Bass, , [2009] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Quantitative data analysis : doing social research to test ideas / / Donald J. Treiman
| Quantitative data analysis : doing social research to test ideas / / Donald J. Treiman |
| Autore | Treiman Donald J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco : , : Jossey-Bass, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (477 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 300.72 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Research - Statistical methods
Social sciences - Statistical methods - Computer programs Sociology - Research - Statistical methods Sociology - Statistical methods |
| ISBN |
111851260X
9781118512609 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Doing social research to test ideas |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796100003321 |
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Treiman Donald J
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| San Francisco : , : Jossey-Bass, , [2009] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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