Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
(Sprache: Englisch)
Does the number of children gunned down double each year? Does anorexia kill 150,000 young women annually? Do white males account for only a sixth of new workers? Startling statistics shape our thinking about social issues. But all too often, these numbers...
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Does the number of children gunned down double each year? Does anorexia kill 150,000 young women annually? Do white males account for only a sixth of new workers? Startling statistics shape our thinking about social issues. But all too often, these numbers are wrong. This book is a lively guide to spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers. Damned Lies and Statistics is essential reading for everyone who reads or listens to the news, for students, and for anyone who relies on statistical information to understand social problems. In this book Best shows us exactly how and why bad statistics emerge, spread, and come to shape policy debates. He recommends specific ways to detect bad statistics, and shows how to think more critically about "stat wars," or disputes over social statistics among various experts. Understanding this book does not require sophisticated mathematical knowledge; Best discusses the most basic and most easily understood forms of statistics, such as percentages, averages, and rates.
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Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Worst Social Statistic Ever 1. The Importance of Social Statistics 2. Soft Facts: Sources of Bad Statistics 3. Mutant Statistics: Methods for Mangling Numbers 4. Apples and Oranges: Inappropriate Comparisons 5. Stat Wars: Conflicts over Social Statistics 6. Thinking about Social Statistics: The Critical Approach Afterword Notes Index
Autoren-Porträt von Joel Best
Joel Best ist Professor für Soziologie und Strafrecht an der University of Delaware. Zu seinen vielen Büchern zählen Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists, More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues und Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Joel Best
- 2012, Revised ed, 199 Seiten, Maße: 15,1 x 22,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: University of California Press
- ISBN-10: 0520274709
- ISBN-13: 9780520274709
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.08.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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¿Whether we like them or not, we have to live with statistics, and Damned Lies and Statistics offers a useful guide for engaging with their troublesome world. Despite the temptation to be cynical, the author of this timely and excellent work cautions the reader against reacting in such a way to statistics. What we are offered is an approach that helps us to work out the real story behind those numbers.¿¿the Independent
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