Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians and ctivists.
by
 
Best, Joel.

Title
Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians and ctivists.

Author
Best, Joel.

ISBN
9780520953512

Publication Information
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.

Physical Description
1 online resource (218 pages)

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.

Subject Term
Sociology -- Statistical methods.
 
Social problems -- Statistical methods.
 
Social indicators.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pptpj


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