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Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data
Joel Best
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Description for Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data
Paperback. Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194.
Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. This new edition contains revised benchmark statistics, updated resources, and a new section on the rhetorical uses of statistics, complete with new problems to be spotted and new examples illustrating ... Read more
Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. This new edition contains revised benchmark statistics, updated resources, and a new section on the rhetorical uses of statistics, complete with new problems to be spotted and new examples illustrating ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
193g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520279988
SKU
V9780520279988
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About Joel Best
Joel Best is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. Among his many books are Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads, More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues, and Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists, all from UC Press.
Reviews for Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data
"An ideal guide for anyone who reads a newspaper, watches television, or surfs the Web. In short, everyone."
Joe Swingle Numeracy "Offers an eye-opening field guide to identifying problematic data and concludes by calling for better statistics." Nacada Journal
Joe Swingle Numeracy "Offers an eye-opening field guide to identifying problematic data and concludes by calling for better statistics." Nacada Journal