Cohn / Cope / Cohn Runkle News and Numbers

A Writer's Guide to Statistics
3. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4434-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, E-Book

Numbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics,budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting alldemand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbersfocuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health,medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer threekey questions about all scientific studies, polls, and otherstatistical claims: "What can I believe?" "What does it mean?" and"How can I explain it to others?"
Updated throughout, this long overdue third edition brings thisclassic text up-to-date with the 21st century with a completeupdating of examples, case studies, and stories. The textemphasises clear thinking and common sense approaches forunderstanding, analyzing and explaining statistics, and termsthroughout the book are explained in easy-to-understand,nontechnical language. Much new material has been added to ensurethe text maintains its pertinent approach to the subject,including:
* A section on computer modelling
* Additional chapters on risks and 'missing numbers'
* Updated sections on health plans and insurance, includingupdates on President Obama's health system overhaul & newmaterial on health care costs and quality

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohn, Victor

Cope, Lewis

Cohn Runkle, Deborah

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Note to Our Readers vii
A Tribute to Victor Cohn, 1919-2000 ix
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Notes on Sources xv
Part I Learning the Basics 1
A Guide to Part I of News & Numbers 2
1 Where We Can Do Better 3
2 The Certainty of Uncertainty 8
3 Testing the Evidence 15
4 What Makes a Good Study? 37
5 Your Questions and Peer Review 54
Part II Now Down to Specifics 69
A Guide to Part II of News & Numbers 70
6 Tests and Drug Trials 71
7 Vital Statistics 83
8 Health Costs, Quality, and Insurance 97
9 Our Environment 108
10 Writing About Risks 124
11 Polls 133
12 Statistical Savvy for Many Types of News 145
Epilogue 161
Glossary 163
Bibliography 170
Index 173

Über Autor(innen)

The late Victor Cohn, called the "Dean of ScienceWriters" was the prize-winning science editor and writer forThe Washington Post for 25 years. He was cited as one of thetop science writers by The New York Times andNewsweek, co-founded the Council for the Advancement ofScience Writing and served as president of the National Associationof Science Writers.
Lewis Cope was science writer at the Star Tribuneof Minneapolis-St. Paul for 29 years and, like Cohn, the recipientof numerous awards. Cope formerly served as president of theNational Association of Science Writers.
Deborah Cohn Runkle is a Senior Program Associate at theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science.