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Statistics in Society: The Arithmetic of Politics (Arnold Applications of Statistics Series) - Softcover

Buch 5 von 10: Arnold Applications of Statistics Series
 
9780340719947: Statistics in Society: The Arithmetic of Politics (Arnold Applications of Statistics Series)
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ISBN 10: 034071994X ISBN 13: 9780340719947
Verlag: Hodder Arnold, 1999

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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.

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This book explains how the statistics that we see every day, e.g. hospital waiting lists, unemployment, opinion polls, customer surveys etc., are collected and what they really show us. The editors discuss how statistics about society are created, understood, misunderstood and manipulated and how a more informed use of official statistics can present a very different picture of society. The book is based around a series of short articles and shows how 'better' statistics can be constructed and how they can best be presented. It acts as an aid to the critical appraisal of how current data is collected and analysed, and suggests ways of cross-checking for accuracy.

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Verlag
Hodder Arnold
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
034071994X
ISBN 13 
9780340719947
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
484
Herausgeber
Dorling Daniel, Simpson Stephen
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