Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 430 g
Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 430 g
ISBN: 978-0-367-40039-2
Verlag: CRC Press
"Revised and updated edition of a standard in the field. Alerts readers to the problems, inherent in statistical practice-illustrating the types of misused statistics with well-documented, real-world examples, nearly half new to this edition, drawn from a wide range of areas, including the media, public policy, polls and surveys, political elections and debates, advertising, science and health care, and business and economics."
Zielgruppe
Professional Practice & Development
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Setting the stage; categories of misuses; know the subject matter; definitions; quality of basic data; graphics and presentation; methodology - a brief review; faulty interpretation; surveys and polls - getting the data; surveys and polls -analyzing the data; the law of parsimony - Ockham's razor; thinking - lack of forethought, lack of afterthought; ectoplastics; the body politic - governments and polititions; afterword.
