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Statistical deception at work

Author: John Mauro
Publisher: Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1992.
Series: Communication textbook series., Journalism.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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This is an engaging and informative discussion of the potential pitfalls in research methods and statistics facing the practicing journalist that should provide a valuable supplement for almost all of the texts on news writing currently available...a very important little book.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Mauro
ISBN: 0805812326 9780805812329
OCLC Number: 25409532
Notes: Includes index.
Description: xiii, 113 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Contents: Averages : ambiguous in assorted ways --
Percentages : machiavellian misleaders --
The word connection : inflaters or deflaters --
Index numbers : the concealers --
The fine art of fooling --
Convenient numbers : the magicians --
Probable probabilities : don't bet on them --
The law of large numbers : you lose --
Correlation : obscure causality --
Sampling : a few represent many --
Questionnaires : what you ask is what you get.
Series Title: Communication textbook series., Journalism.
Responsibility: by John Mauro.
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This is an engaging and informative discussion of the potential pitfalls in research methods and statistics facing the practicing journalist that should provide a valuable supplement for almost all of the texts on news writing currently available...a very important little book.

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