Damned lies and statistics untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists

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Main Author:	Best, Joel
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.
Subjects:	Sociology > Statistical methods. Social problems > Statistical methods. Social indicators.
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245	1	0	\|a Damned lies and statistics : \|b untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / \|c Joel Best.
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300			\|a ix, 190 p. ; \|c 22 cm.
504			\|a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		\|a Introduction: the worst social statistic ever -- The importance of social statistics -- Soft facts: sources of bad statistics -- Mutant statistics: methods for mangling numbers -- Apples and oranges: inappropriate comparisons -- Stat wars: conflicts over social statistics -- Thinking about social statistics: the critical approach.
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