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Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
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ISBN-13:
9780520953512
Veröffentl:
2012
Seiten:
224
Autor:
Joel Best
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Worst Social Statistic Ever1. The Importance of Social Statistics2. Soft Facts: Sources of Bad Statistics3. Mutant Statistics: Methods for Mangling Numbers4. Apples and Oranges: Inappropriate Comparisons5. Stat Wars: Conflicts over Social Statistics6. Thinking about Social Statistics: The Critical ApproachAfterwordNotesIndex
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