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News & numbers : a guide to reporting statistical claims and controversies in health and other fields / Victor Cohn, Lewis Cope ; foreword by Jay A. Winsten.
- Title
- News & numbers : a guide to reporting statistical claims and controversies in health and other fields / Victor Cohn, Lewis Cope ; foreword by Jay A. Winsten.
- Author
- Cohn, Victor, 1919-2000
- Publication
- Ames : Iowa State University Press, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RA407 .C64 2001 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Cope, Lewis, 1934-
- Description
- xviii, 211 p.; 22 cm.
- Alternative Title
- News and numbers
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Statistics
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index.
- Contents
- Where we can do better -- The certainty of uncertainty -- Testing the evidence -- What's a good study? -- Questions you can ask -- Tests and testing : measuring what works -- Vital statistics : measuring life and health -- Health plans and hospitals : measuring their quality -- Our environment and measuring all risks -- Polls : measuring what we think -- Politics, your pocketbook, and plenty more.
- ISBN
- 0813814243
- LCCN
- ^^2001002373
- OCLC
- 46811997
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library