Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists

• Tác giả: Joel Best
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0520274709
• ISBN-13: 978-0520274709
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 303.38 Public opinion
• Thông tin xuất bản: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2012.
• Mô tả vật lý: xii, 206 p. ; , 22 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Xã hội, kinh tế, luật
• ID: 104033
• Chủ đề: 1. Social indicators; 2. Social problems--Statistical methods; 3. Sociology--Statistical methods

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

"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."--book jacket.