Statistics in Society The Arithmetic of Politics |
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| Editor:
| Dorling, Daniel
Simpson, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-340-71994-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1998 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Limited
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $54.95 |
Book Description:
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Statistics are pervasive and powerful, but sometimes misleading or misunderstood. This insightful book presents a series of case studies with the goal of showing specifically how statistics are used throughout society. It demystifies statistical reports and helps the reader become a more critical consumer of statistics and a more skilled user of statistical methods.
Statistics are pervasive and powerful, but sometimes misleading or misunderstood. This insightful book presents a series of case studies with the goal of showing specifically how statistics are used throughout society. It demystifies statistical reports and helps the reader become a more critical consumer of statistics and a more skilled user of statistical methods.