More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues / Joel Best.
2004
HM535 .B474 2004 (Mapit)
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More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues / Joel Best.
Author
Best, Joel.
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0520238303 (alk. paper)
9780520238305 (alk. paper)
9780520238305 (alk. paper)
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
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English
Description
xvii, 200 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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HM535 .B474 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.3/8
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index.
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Confusing numbers
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Confusing numbers
Scary numbers
Authoritative numbers
Magical numbers
Contentious numbers
Toward statistical literacy?