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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Best, Joel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Sociology > Statistical methods.
Social problems > Statistical methods.
Social indicators.
Sociologie > Méthodes statistiques.
Problèmes sociaux > Méthodes statistiques.
Indicateurs sociaux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Missbrauch
Sozialstatistik
Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek.
Statistieken.
Kritiek (algemeen)
Sociale problemen.
Problemy społeczne > metody statystyczne.
Socjologia > metody statystyczne.
Wskaźniki rozwoju społecznego.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 misused by everyone from researchers to journalists. Underlining the importance of critical thinking in all matters numerical, Best illustrates his points with examples of good and bad statistics about such contemporary concerns as school shootings, fatal hospital errors, bullying, teen suicides, deaths at the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 200 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
ISBN:9780520930025
0520930029
1417540753
9781417540754

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