| Description |
144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Contents |
The sample with the built-in bias -- The well-chosen average -- The little figures that are not there -- Much ado about practically nothing -- The gee-whiz graph -- The one-dimensional picture -- The semiattached figure -- Post hoc rides again -- How to statisticulate -- How to talk back to a statistic. |
| Summary |
The author runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way the results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than inform. |
| Subject |
Statistics.
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Manipulative behavior.
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Social Sciences. (DNLM)D012942 |
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Statistics as Topic. (DNLM)D013223 |
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Manipulative behavior. (OCoLC)fst01007738
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Statistics. (OCoLC)fst01132103
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| Indexed Term |
Statistics |
| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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Statistics. (OCoLC)fst01423727
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Statistics.
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| Added Author |
Geis, Irving, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0393310728 |
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9780393310726 |
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4073512778 |
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4084911761 |
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