How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Stats in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)
Chivers, Tom
ISBN 10: 1474619975 ISBN 13: 9781474619974
Editorial: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021
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Sinopsis:
Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'How smartphones destroyed a generation'. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for understanding the world, but in the wrong hands they can be dangerous.
Introducing you to the common mistakes that journalists make and the tricks they sometimes deploy, HOW TO READ NUMBERS is a vital guide that will help you understand when and how to trust the numbers in the news - and, just as importantly, when not to.
Acerca de los autores:
Tom Chivers is a science writer and author. He was awarded the Royal Statistical Society 'statistical excellence in journalism' award in 2018, and was highly commended for the same prize in 2017; he has also been shortlisted for the Association of British Science Writers award and a British Journalism Award in science writing, and won the American Psychological Society media award, all in 2017. He is the author of three books: The Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy, How to Read Numbers (with David Chivers) and Everything Is Predictable.
DAVID CHIVERS is an assistant professor of economics at Durham University. Before this post he was a lecturer at the University of Oxford and completed his PhD at the University of Manchester, funded by the ESRC. He has published in academic journals such as Review of Economic Dynamics, Economic Theory and Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation. His research interests involve topics relating to inequality, growth and development.
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Título: How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Stats in the...
Editorial: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Año de publicación: 2021
Encuadernación: Paperback
Condición: New
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