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More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues / Joel Best

Best, Joel, 1946-

[Nachdr.]

Berkeley [u.a.] : University of California Press, 2004

XVII, 200 S. : graph. Darst. ; 22 cm

Englisch

Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Magical numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy?

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index

0-520-23830-3 (cloth : alk. paper)

2003028076

012950185, GBA450438

9780520238305

OCoLC: 834222876     

OCoLC: 53967159 (aus SWB)     

2003028076

QH 244      Ähnliche Literatur

HM535

303.3/8

Basisklassifikation: 70.03 (Methoden, Techniken und Organisation der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung)

*Sozialstatistik ; Missbrauch      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Sociology -- Statistical methods ; Social problems -- Statistical methods ; Social indicators

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