Inhaltsangabe
The third edition of News & Numbers is a clear and comprehensively updated introduction to the role, logic and language of statistics which focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics.* Includes new sections on computer modelling, missing numbers, health care quality and its costs and risks * Features a completely new chapter on reporting on risk* Contains additional and updated examples throughout* Illustrates how an understanding of statistics can help in writing about business, education, environmental policy, sports, opinion polls, crime and other topics* Focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics
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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor
The late Victor Cohn, called the “Dean of Science Writers" was the prize-winning science editor and writer for The Washington Post for 25 years. He was cited as one of the top science writers by The New York Times and Newsweek, co-founded the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and served as president of the National Association of Science Writers. Lewis Cope was science writer at the Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul for 29 years and, like Cohn, the recipient of numerous awards. Cope formerly served as president of the National Association of Science Writers. Deborah Cohn Runkle is a Senior Program Associate at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Numbers and statistical claims dominate today’s news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer three key questions about all scientific studies, polls, and other statistical 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 this classic text up-to-date with the 21st century with a complete updating of examples, case studies, and stories. The text emphasises clear thinking and common sense approaches for understanding, analyzing and explaining statistics, and terms throughout the book are explained in easy-to-understand, nontechnical language. Much new material has been added to ensure the 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, including updates on President Obama’s health system overhaul & new material on health care costs and quality
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Numbers and statistical claims dominate today’s news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer three key questions about all scientific studies, polls, and other statistical 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 this classic text up-to-date with the 21st century with a complete updating of examples, case studies, and stories. The text emphasises clear thinking and common sense approaches for understanding, analyzing and explaining statistics, and terms throughout the book are explained in easy-to-understand, nontechnical language. Much new material has been added to ensure the 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, including updates on President Obama’s health system overhaul & new material on health care costs and quality
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