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RECORD NUMBER: 47 OF 175| Main Title | Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Best, Joel. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | University of California Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2001 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 45420385 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0520219783 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520228650 (pbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Sociology--Statistical methods ; Social problems--Statistical methods ; Social indicators | |||||||||||
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| Collation | ix, 190 p. ; 22 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction: the worst social statistic ever -- The importance of social statistics -- Soft facts: sources of bad statistics -- Mutant statistics: methods for mangling numbers -- Apples and oranges: inappropriate comparisons -- Stat wars: conflicts over social statistics -- Thinking about social statistics: the critical approach. |