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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 |
Best Joel
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Leonard Bernstein [[electronic resource] ] : the political life of an American musician / / Barry Seldes
| Leonard Bernstein [[electronic resource] ] : the political life of an American musician / / Barry Seldes |
| Autore | Seldes Barry <1938-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 780.92 |
| Soggetto topico | Musicians - Political activity - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american culture american history artists biography blacklisted career classical music cold war america composer engaging exile famous musicians fbi files folk heroes iconic musicians leonard bernstein library of congress maestro modern history music lovers musical career musical theater new york philharmonic new york nonfiction political activist political outcasts popular culture progressive politics retrospective revolutionaries state department |
| ISBN | 0-520-94307-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Young American: Bernstein at Harvard -- 2. The Forties: Ascent and Blacklist -- 3. American Biedermeier: 1951-1959 -- 4. The Long Sixties: 1960-1973 -- 5. Norton Lectures: 1973 -- 6. Bernstein at Sea: 1974-1990 -- 7. Understanding Bernstein -- Epilogue: A Man in Dark Times -- NOTES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778947903321 |
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Seldes Barry <1938->
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Poverty in America [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook / / John Iceland
| Poverty in America [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook / / John Iceland |
| Autore | Iceland John <1970-> |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/60973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poor - United States - History
Poverty - United States - History Economic assistance, Domestic - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
accessible manner
affluent nation critical debate economic success economics economist great recession income inequality occupy wall street patterns and trends pervasive poverty political activist political and social activism poor in america public health sociologist sociology tea party wealth disparity |
| ISBN | 0-520-95679-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Early views of poverty in America -- Methods of measuring poverty -- Characteristics of the poverty population -- Global poverty -- Causes of poverty -- The Great Recession -- Poverty and policy -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779869403321 |
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Iceland John <1970->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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