{"product_id":"stat-spotting-joel-best-9780520279988","title":"Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data","description":"Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new edition contains revised benchmark statistics, updated resources, and a new section on the rhetorical uses of statistics, complete with new problems to be spotted and new examples illustrating those problems. Joel Best's best seller exposes questionable uses of statistics and guides the reader toward becoming a more critical, savvy consumer of news, information, and data. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Entertaining, informative, and concise, \u003ci\u003eStat-Spotting\u003c\/i\u003e takes a commonsense approach to understanding data and doesn't require advanced math or statistics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel Best\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520279980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520279988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Joel Best","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994863010047,"sku":"9780520279988","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_618faaf6-786c-4e16-8810-9d94c5279341.jpg?v=1683332609","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stat-spotting-joel-best-9780520279988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}