Critical statistics: seeing beyond the headlines

by De Vries, Robert, (Sociologue)

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Title Statements

Full title :Critical statistics : seeing beyond the headlines / Robert De Vries.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:[2019].

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Red Globe Press
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:[2019].

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 248 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781137609809, 113760980X, 9781137609793, 1137609796
oclc:on1102639882
LC Classification:HA29
Dewey Decimal:300.15195

99% of statistics are made up. The world runs on numbers ; Statistics in the fake news era ; Don't be part of the problem -- Where do numbers come from? Making the news ; #nofilter ; Where's the harm? ; A lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on -- Samples, samples everywhere ... It's samples all the way down ... ; Size matters ; Bad samples ; Spotting biased samples ; The magic of sampling -- Measure for measure. The dark side of immigration in open, generous Sweden ; Define your terms ; How to lie with definitions ; Counting is hard ; Asking the right questions ; There's no such thing as a perfect statistic -- What does it mean to be average? Average man ; The mean doesn't always mean what you think it means ; Why doesn't everyone know this already? ; The median : the mean's under-appreciated brother ; Averages are not real -- Fraction of a man. There are two kinds of data in the world ; What's the point of percentages? ; Percentages : backwards and forwards ; Risky business ; Statistics aren't real -- Cause and effect. Kill or cure ; CSI : causation ; The drugs don't work ; 'Have smartphones destroyed a generation?' ; Establishing causation is not impo…