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Stat-Spotting a Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data

Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. This new edition contains revised benchmark statistics, updated resources, and a new section on the rhetorical uses of statistics, co.

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  • "Fakten, Fakten, Fakten ... Aber inwieweit kann man den Zahlen in den Medien trauen? Werden tatsächlich jedes Jahr vier Millionen Frauen von ihren Männern oder Freunden zu Tode geprügelt? Nimmt sich in den Vereinigten Staaten wirklich alle dreizehn Minuten ein junger Mensch das Leben? Stellt Methamphetamin heute das größte Drogenproblem dar? Täglich werden wir von alarmierenden Statistiken bombardiert, die in den Nachrichten, im Internet und scheinbar überall auf uns lauern. Doch in vielen Fällen enthalten selbst die ehrwürdigsten Veröffentlichungen Zahlenwerte oder Prozentangaben, die falsch berechnet, fehlinterpretiert, maßlos übertrieben oder einfach nur irreführend sind. Mit diesem Buch bietet uns Joel Best einen Statistik-Führer für den Alltag, mit dem wir fragwürdige Statistiken leichter erkennen können. Tatort Statistik ist unterhaltsam, informativ und prägnant - das ideale Buch für jeden, der Nachrichten und Informationen kritischer und mit mehr Sachverstand aufnehmen möchte."
  • ""Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. Following on the heels of his highly acclaimed Damned Lies and Statistics and More Damned Lies and Statistics, Joel Best now offers this practical field guide to help everyone identify questionable statistics. Entertaining, informative, and concise, Stat-Spotting is essential reading for people"--BOOK JACKET."
  • "Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. This new edition contains revised benchmark statistics, updated resources, and a new section on the rhetorical uses of statistics, co."@en
  • ""Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. This new edition contains revised benchmark statistics, updated resources, and a new section on the rhetorical uses of statistics, complete with new problems to be spotted and new examples illustrating those problems. Joel Best's best seller exposes questionable uses of statistics and guides the reader toward becoming a more critical, savvy consumer of news, information, and data. Entertaining, informative, and concise, Stat-Spotting takes a commonsense approach to understanding data and doesn't require advanced math or statistics."--"@en
  • "In this new edition--with revised benchmark statistics, updated resources, and a new section on the rhetorical uses of statistics, complete with new problems to be spotted and new examples to illustrate those problems--Joel Best's best-seller exposes questionable uses of statistics and guides the reader towards becoming a more critical, savvy consumer of news, information, and data. Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. Entertaining, informative, and concise, Stat-Spotting takes a commonsense approach to understanding data, and doesn't require advanced math or statistics."@en
  • "Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. Following on the heels of his highly acclaimed Damned Lies and Statistics and More Damned Lies and Statistics, Joel Best now offers."@en

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  • "Tatort Statistik wie Sie zweifelhafte Daten und fragwürdige Interpretationen erkennen"
  • "Tatort Statistik : wie Sie zweifelhafte Daten und fragwürdige Interpretationen erkennen"
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