자료유형 | E-Book |
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개인저자 | Best, Joel. |
서명/저자사항 | Damned lies and statistics[electronic resource] :untangling numbers from the media, politicians and ctivists. |
발행사항 | Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (218 p.). |
ISBN | 9780520953512 (electronic bk.) 0520953517 (electronic bk.) |
일반주기 |
Description based upon print version of record.
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내용주기 | 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. |
요약 | 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. |
일반주제명 | Sociology -- Statistical methods. Social problems -- Statistical methods. Social indicators. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. Social indicators. Social problems -- Statistical methods. Sociology -- Statistical methods. |
언어 | 영어 |
대출바로가기 | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=484487 |
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