News & numbers

News & numbers: a writer's guide to statistics

by Cohn, Victor

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Title Statements

  • Full title :News & numbers : a writer's guide to statistics / Victor Cohn and Lewis Cope.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2012.
  • Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
  • Place of Publication:Malden
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xv, 181 p

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780470671344, 0470671343, 9781405160964, 1405160969, 9781444361889, 1444361880
  • oclc:ocn803326639
  • LC Classification:RA407
  • Dewey Decimal:614.4/20727

Table of Contents

Where we can do better -- Certainty of uncertainty -- Testing the evidence -- What's a good study -- Your questions and peer review -- a guide to the second half of news & numbers -- Tests and drug trials -- Vital statistics -- Health costs, quality and insurance -- Our environment -- Writing about risks -- Polls -- Statistical savvy for many types of news -- Epilogue.

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Subjects

Analyse démographique Environmental Health Environmental health -- Statistics Hygiène du milieu -- Statistiques public health Public health -- Statistics Santé publique -- Statistiques Statistics Statistiques

Writers

Cohn, Victor Cohn Runkle, Deborah Cope, Lewis

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