Cohn, Victor,  1919- <br/><br/>
News & numbers :  a writer's guide to statistics / 
 News and numbers 
Victor Cohn, Lewis Cope 
 - 3rd ed. /  with Deborah Cohn Runkle 
 - Malden :  Wiley-Blackwell,  2011 
 - xv, 181 p.;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470671344 (hbk.) 9781405160964 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011017059 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public health--Statistics<br/>Environmental health--Statistics<br/>Vital statistics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA407