News & numbers: a writer's guide to statistics

by Cohn Runkle, Deborah Cohn, Victor Cope, Lewis

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Full title :News & numbers : a writer's guide to statistics / Victor Cohn, Lewis Cope ; with Deborah Cohn Runkle

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012
Edition:3. ed

Publication Statements

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

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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

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 181 s

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ISBN:9780470671344, 0470671343, 9781405160964, 1405160969
oclc:ocn769226515
LC Classification:RA407
Dewey Decimal:614.4 20727

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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