Damned Lies and Statistics(English, Hardcover, Best Joel)

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Damned Lies and Statistics(English, Hardcover, Best Joel) is written by Best Joel and published by University of California Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520274709 (ISBN 10) and 9780520274709 (ISBN 13).

Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers.