More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues / Joel Best.

By:

Best, Joel

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.Description: xvii, 200 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

0520238303 (cloth : alk. paper)

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LOC classification:

HM 535 .B474 2004

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Contents:

Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Magical numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy?

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	HM 535 .B474 2004 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.2	Available		23339
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	HM 535 .B474 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		22108

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index.

Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Magical numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy?