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News & numbers : a writer's guide to statistics / Victor Cohn, Lewis Cope

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Malden : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011Edition: 3rd ed. / with Deborah Cohn RunkleDescription: xv, 181 p.; 23 cmContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780470671344 (hbk.)
  • 9781405160964 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • News and numbers
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA407
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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Book - General M. Kamal Hassan Library M. Kamal Hassan Library General Collection Open Shelf RA407 C678N 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00011253522

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.

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