Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists
by
Best, Joel.
Title
:
Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists
Author
:
Best, Joel.
ISBN
:
9780520219786
9780520228658
Publication Information
:
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.
Physical Description
:
ix, 190 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
:
Introduction: the worst social statistic ever -- The importance of social statistics -- Soft facts: sources of bad statistics -- Mutant statistics: methods for mangling numbers -- Apples and oranges: inappropriate comparisons -- Stat wars: conflicts over social statistics -- Thinking about social statistics: the critical approach.
Subject Term
:
Sociology -- Statistical methods.
Social problems -- Statistical methods.
Social indicators.