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Stat-spotting : a field guide to identifying dubious data /

"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, o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Best, Joel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
Edición:Updated and expandedition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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. 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. Entertaining, informative, and concise, Stat-Spotting takes a commonsense approach to understanding data and doesn't require advanced math or statistics."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 146 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520957077
0520957075