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Damned Lies and Statistics

Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

Joel Best author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:17th Aug '12

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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