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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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Abstract:
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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