Description
Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers.
Book Details
Format
eBook
Pages
218 pages
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 2012
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
1283594463
ISBN-13
9781283594462