Damned Lies and Statistics

Damned Lies and Statistics
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 218
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ISBN-10 : 9780520953512
ISBN-13 : 0520953517
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Book Synopsis Damned Lies and Statistics by : Joel Best

Download or read book Damned Lies and Statistics written by Joel Best and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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