Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists by Best, Joel

Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520274709)

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Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists by Best, Joel

Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

$29.95
Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists by Best, Joel

Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

$29.95
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Joel Best
ISBN-10: 0520274709
ISBN-13: 9780520274709
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 08/07/2012
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d
By Joel Best
By Joel Best
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Joel Best is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. His many books include Everyone's A Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture and Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Dubious Data, both from UC Press.

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