014360000a22003490004500 16765386 20230518182512.0 130122s2011 mau g b 001 0 eng c 2011017059 9780470671344 (hbk.) 9781405160964 (pbk.) UIAM eng RA407 Cohn, Victor, 1919- 510653 News & numbers : a writer's guide to statistics / Victor Cohn, Lewis Cope News and numbers 3rd ed. / with Deborah Cohn Runkle Malden : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 xv, 181 p.; 23 cm. rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Public health Statistics 510654 Environmental health Statistics 510655 Vital statistics. 170985 Cope, Lewis, 1934- 510656 Cohn Runkle, Deborah 510657 bib-nmy-kamk lcc 346073 375119 0 0 0 0 GENERAL IIUM IIUM OPEN 2018-08-28 110.43 RA407 C678N 2011 00011253522 2018-08-28 00:00:00 1 110.43 BOOKGEN