More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues /
by Best, Joel.
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BookPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004Description: xvii, 200 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0520238303 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780520238305 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Sociology -- Statistical methods | Social problems -- Statistical methods | Social indicators | Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek | Statistieken | Kritiek (algemeen) | Sociale problemen | Problemy społeczne -- metody statystyczne | Socjologia -- metody statystyczne | Wskaźniki rozwoju społecznego | Sociologie -- Methodes statistiques | Problemes sociaux -- Methodes statistiques |
Contents:
Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Magical numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index.
Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Magical numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy?
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