News and Numbers: A Writer's Guide to Statistics
By Unknown Author.
Description
Numbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics,budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting alldemand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbersfocuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health,medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer threekey questions about all scientific studies, polls, and otherstatistical claims: "What can I believe?" "What does it mean?" and"How can I explain it to others?" Updated throughout, this long overdue third edition brings thisclassic text up-to-d...
ISBN(s)
1405160969, 9781405160964
