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- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780520219786
- Book Title
- Damned Lies and Statistics : Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Political Science, Social Science, History
- Topic
- Sociology / General, General, Popular Culture, Research, Statistics, United States / General
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 199 Pages
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520219783
ISBN-13
9780520219786
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1834893
Product Key Features
Book Title
Damned Lies and Statistics : Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
Number of Pages
199 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, General, Popular Culture, Research, Statistics, United States / General
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-064910
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
303.3/8
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: The Worst Social Statistic Ever 1 The Importance of Social Statistics 2 Soft Facts: Sources of Bad Statistics 3 Mutant Statistics: Methods for Mangling Numbers 4 Apples and Oranges: Inappropriate Comparisons 5 Stat Wars: Conflicts over Social Statistics 6 Thinking about Social Statistics: The Critical Approach Notes Index
Synopsis
While startling statistics shape the thinking about social issues, the author attests that these numbers can be wrong. This book is a lively guide to spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers. Tables., Does the number of children gunned down double each year? Does anorexia kill 150,000 young women annually? Do white males account for only a sixth of new workers? Startling statistics shape our thinking about social issues. But all too often, these numbers are wrong. This book is a lively guide to spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers. Damned Lies and Statistics is essential reading for everyone who reads or listens to the news, for students, and for anyone who relies on statistical information to understand social problems. Joel Best bases his discussion on a wide assortment of intriguing contemporary issues that have garnered much recent media attention, including abortion, cyberporn, homelessness, the Million Man March, teen suicide, the U.S. census, and much more. Using examples from the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other major newspapers and television programs, he unravels many fascinating examples of the use, misuse, and abuse of statistical information. In this book Best shows us exactly how and why bad statistics emerge, spread, and come to shape policy debates. He recommends specific ways to detect bad statistics, and shows how to think more critically about "stat wars," or disputes over social statistics among various experts. Understanding this book does not require sophisticated mathematical knowledge; Best discusses the most basic and most easily understood forms of statistics, such as percentages, averages, and rates. This accessible book provides an alternative to either naively accepting the statistics we hear or cynically assuming that all numbers are meaningless. It shows how anyone can become a more intelligent, critical, and empowered consumer of the statistics that inundate both the social sciences and our media-saturated lives.
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HM535
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