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News and Numbers: A Writer´s Guide to Statistics
Victor Cohn
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Description for News and Numbers: A Writer´s Guide to Statistics
Paperback. Numbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: MBNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 10. Weight in Grams: 296.
Numbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer three key questions about all scientific studies, polls, and other statistical claims: "What can I believe?" "What does it mean?" and "How can I explain it to others?"
Numbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer three key questions about all scientific studies, polls, and other statistical claims: "What can I believe?" "What does it mean?" and "How can I explain it to others?"
Updated throughout, this long overdue third edition brings this classic text up-to-date with the 21st century with a complete updating of examples, case studies, ... Read more
- A section on computer modelling
- Additional chapters on risks and 'missing numbers'
- Updated sections on health plans and insurance, including updates on President Obama's health system overhaul & new material on health care costs and quality
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
295g
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405160964
SKU
V9781405160964
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99-50
About Victor Cohn
The late Victor Cohn, called the “Dean of Science Writers” was the prize-winning science editor and writer for The Washington Post for 25 years. He was cited as one of the top science writers by The New York Times and Newsweek, co-founded the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and served as president of the National Association of Science ... Read more
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