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HM535.B47 2001
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TITLE:
Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / Joel Best.
AUTHOR:
Best, Joel.
PUBLISHED:
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2001.
DESCRIPTION:
ix, 190 p. ; 23 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-185) and index.
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Publisher's Weekly
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Offers advice on how to understand social statistics and how to recognize bad statistics that are sometimes put out by the media, or special interest groups; and presents analyses of a selection of bad statistics.
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Interest level: Adult
SUBJECT:
Sociology--Statistical methods.
SUBJECT:
Social problems--Statistical methods.
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Social indicators.
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Sociology.
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Social problems.
SUBJECT:
Quality of life.
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