Studies Show: A Popular Guide to Understanding Scientific Studies - Tapa blanda

FENNICK, JOHN H.

 
9781573921367: Studies Show: A Popular Guide to Understanding Scientific Studies
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ISBN 10: 157392136X ISBN 13: 9781573921367
Editorial: PROMTHEUS, 1997

Sinopsis

If you are not sure what to make of all the claims and counterclaims, this new book will help cut through the conflicting reports and contradictory findings. We are bombarded daily with media reports of startling new findings from "just released" studies often in major, authoritative publications on consumer products, medications, foods, alcohol, safety devices, social behaviour, public policy, and much more. The decisions of millions of consumers, professionals, and government agencies can be influenced by just one study. Light, humorous, and entertaining, "Studies Show" reviews sample studies to expose their traps and pitfalls. In plain English, statistics analyst John H. Fennick discusses the methods of good and bad studies to explain how scientific results can differ sometimes radically. Fennick shows that when armed with common sense and critical intelligence, we can understand almost any study.

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Acerca del autor

John H. Fennick (Blacksburg, VA) is a former member of the technical staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he conducted computer simulations and statistical studies.

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Editorial
PROMTHEUS
Año de publicación
1997
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
157392136X
ISBN 13 
9781573921367
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
242
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