ISBN:
9780520953512
,
0520953517
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (218 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Best, Joel Damned Lies and Statistics : Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
DDC:
303.38
Keywords:
Sociology Statistical methods
;
Social problems Statistical methods
;
Social indicators
;
Social problems Statistical methods
;
Sociology Statistical methods
;
Social indicators
;
Social problems Statistical methods
;
Sociology Statistical methods
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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