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Title Damned lies and statistics : untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / Joel Best.

Imprint

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	303.38 B464d	---	Available

Description	ix, 190 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : the worst social statistic ever -- The importance of social statistics -- Soft facts : sources of bad statistics -- Mutant statistics : methods for mangling numbers -- Apples and oranges : inappropriate comparisons -- Stat wars : conflicts over social statistics -- Thinking about social statistics : the critical approach.
Subject	Sociology -- Statistical methods.
	Social problems -- Statistical methods.
	Social indicators.
ISBN	0520219783 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0520228650 (pbk. : alk. paper)