Description
Product ID: | 9780520274709 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Damned Lies and Statistics |
Subtitle: | Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists |
Authors: | Author: Joel Best |
Page Count: | 224 |
Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers. |
Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2012-08-07 |