The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in L Ife - Tapa blanda

Blastland, Michael; Dilnot, Andrew

 
9781592404858: The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in L Ife
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ISBN 10: 1592404855 ISBN 13: 9781592404858
Editorial: GOTHAM BOOKS, 2010

Sinopsis

The Strunk and White of statistics team up to help the average person navigate the numbers in the news

Drawing on their hugely popular BBC Radio 4 show More or Less, journalist Michael Blastland and internationally known economist Andrew Dilnot delight, amuse, and convert American mathphobes by showing how our everyday experiences make sense of numbers.

The radical premise of The Numbers Game is to show how much we already know and give practical ways to use our knowledge to become cannier consumers of the media. If you've ever wondered what "average" really means, whether the scare stories about cancer risk should convince you to change your behavior, or whether a story you read in the paper is biased (and how), you need this book. Blastland and Dilnot show how to survive and thrive on the torrent of numbers that pours through everyday life.

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Michael Blastland is a writer, broadcaster, and the creator of More or Less, the BBC Radio 4 show.
Andrew Dilnot, the former host of the show, is the principal of St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, and was the director of England’s Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Michael Blastland is a writer, broadcaster, and the creator of More or Less, the BBC Radio 4 show.
Andrew Dilnot, the former host of the show, is the principal of St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, and was the director of England’s Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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GOTHAM BOOKS
Año de publicación
2010
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ISBN 10 
1592404855
ISBN 13 
9781592404858
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Número de páginas
224
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