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Damned Lies and Statistics

by Joel Best

2001 196 pages eng

Public opinion polls Social indicators Social problems Statistical methods Mass media Sociology

Offers advice on how to understand social statistics and how to recognize bad statistics that are sometimes put out by the media, or special interest groups; and presents analyses of a selection of bad statistics.

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