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More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues

Title
More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues / Joel Best.
Author
Best, Joel.
Publication
Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, c2004.

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Description
xvii, 200 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Sociology > Statistical methods
  • Social problems > Statistical methods
  • Social indicators
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index.
Contents
Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Magical numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy?
Call Number
JFD 04-15344
ISBN
0520238303 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2003028076
OCLC
53967159
Author
Best, Joel.
Title
More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues / Joel Best.
Imprint
Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, c2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index.
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JFD 04-15344
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