More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues /
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 mi...
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Missing numbers
- Confusing numbers
- Scary numbers
- Authoritative numbers
- Magical numbers
- Contentious numbers
- Toward statistical literacy?