Damned Lies and Statistics Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

Name: Damned Lies and Statistics Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
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ISBN: 9780520274709

ISBN-10: 0520274709

ISBN-13: 9780520274709

Edition: 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Joel Best

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Startling statistics shape our thinking about social issues. But all too often, these numbers are wrong. Examining how bad statistics emerge, spread, and come to shape policy debates, this book provides a guide to spotting, and learning to think critically, about these influential numbers.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/17/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 199
Size: 5.87" wide x 8.62" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.034

Joel Best is Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. He has published more than twenty books on social problems and deviance, including Threatened Children , Random Violence , Damned Lies and Statistics , and The Student Loan Mess (with Eric Best.)