Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / Joel Best.
Best, Joel.
2001
HM535 .B47 2001 (Mapit)
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Title Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / Joel Best.
Author Best, Joel.
ISBN 0520219783 (alk. paper)
0520228650 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.
Language English
Description ix, 190 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number HM535 .B47 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification 303.3/8
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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