Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:17th Aug '12
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
ISBN: 9780520274709
Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 25mm
Weight: 363g
224 pages