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The Tyranny of Numbers

Mismeasurement and Misrule

Nicholas Eberstadt author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:AEI Press

Published:1st Jan '95

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In this wide-ranging study, Nicholas Eberstadt demonstrates that some of the most basic of today's domestic and foreign policies have been buttressed or justified by what turns out to be misanalysis or misuse of available facts and figures. The Tyranny of Numbers not only warns about the ways the statistics are being misused in government policy in the United States and abroad but explains how this process can end up injuring vulnerable groups or distorting the workings of the democratic system.

ISBN: 9780844737645

Dimensions: 226mm x 163mm x 24mm

Weight: 513g

275 pages