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

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Best, Joel

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

0520238303 (cloth : alk. paper)

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

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