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  • 2000-2004  (2)
  • Best, Joel  (2)
  • Berkeley : University of California Press  (2)
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    More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues (2004)
    Berkeley : University of California Press
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    ISBN: 9780520930025 , 0520930029
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xvii, 200 p.) , ill.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Best, Joel More damned lies and statistics
    DDC: 303.38
    Keywords: Sociology Statistical methods ; Social problems Statistical methods ; Social indicators ; Social problems Statistical methods ; Sociology Statistical methods ; Electronic books ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Social indicators ; Social problems ; Statistical methods ; Sociology ; Statistical methods ; Missbrauch ; Sozialstatistik ; Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek ; Statistieken ; Kritiek (algemeen) ; Sociale problemen ; Problemy społeczne ; metody statystyczne ; Socjologia ; metody statystyczne ; Wskaźniki rozwoju społecznego ; Electronic books ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In this sequel to the acclaimed Damned Lies and Statistics, which the Boston Globe said "deserves a place next to the dictionary on every school, media, and home-office desk," Joel Best continues his straightforward, lively, and humorous account of how statistics are produced, used, and misused by everyone from researchers to journalists. Underlining the importance of critical thinking in all matters numerical, Best illustrates his points with examples of good and bad statistics about such contemporary concerns as school shootings, fatal hospital errors, bullying, teen suicides, deaths at the
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index. - Description based on print version record
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    Damned Lies and Statistics : Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians and Activists (2001)
    Berkeley : University of California Press
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    ISBN: 9780520219786
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (203 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Damned Lies and Statistics : Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians and Activists
    DDC: 303.38
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Startling statistics shape our thinking about social issues. But all too often, these numbers are wrong. Examining how bad statistics emerge, spread, and come to shape policy debates, this book provides a guide to spotting, and learning to think critically, about these influential numbers
    Description / Table of Contents: Preliminaries; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. The importance of social statistics; 2. Soft facts; 3. Mutant statistics; 4. Apples and oranges; 5. Stat wars; 6. Thinking about social statistics; Notes; Index;
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