Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians and ctivists
Best, Joel
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.
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Year:
2012
Edition:
First Edition, Updated Edition
Publisher:
University of California Press
Language:
english
Pages:
218
ISBN 10:
0520953517
ISBN 13:
9780520953512
File:
EPUB, 192 KB
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english, 2012