How to read numbers : a guide to statistics in the news (and knowing when to trust them)
Chivers, Tom (Science writer)2022
Book
Total copies: 2
Statistics rule our world. Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on a statistic in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'red wine protects against cancer'. The trouble is, statistics, when used carelessly, are dangerous. This book is a guide to how and when to trust statistical evidence - and, perhaps more importantly, when not to.
Main title:
How to read numbers : a guide to statistics in the news (and knowing when to trust them) / Tom Chivers and David Chivers.
Author:
Chivers, Tom (Science writer), authorChivers, David, 1987-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022.
Collation:
200 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2021.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781474619974 (pbk)
Dewey class:
519.5
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
387378