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 |
Best Joel | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues / / Joel Best |
Autore | Best Joel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
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-9910813453803321 |
Best Joel | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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