Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists by Joel Best

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

Joel Best

nonfiction mathematics politics science challenging informative medium-paced

206 pages | first published 1998

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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 lit...
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