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- 2008017175 contributor B11091480.
- 2008017175 created "c2008.".
- 2008017175 date "2008".
- 2008017175 date "c2008.".
- 2008017175 dateCopyrighted "c2008.".
- 2008017175 description "Getting started -- Spotting questionable numbers -- Background -- Statistical benchmarks -- Severity and frequency -- Varieties of dubious data -- Blunders -- The slippery decimal point -- Botched translations -- Misleading graphs -- Careless calculations -- Sources: who counted--and why? -- Big round numbers -- Hyperbole -- Shocking claims -- Naming the problem -- Definitions: what did they count? -- Broad definitions -- Expanding definitions -- Changing definitions -- The uncounted -- Measurements: how did they count? -- Creating measures -- Odd units of analysis -- Loaded questions -- Raising the bar -- Technical measures -- Packaging: what are they telling us? -- Impressive formats -- Misleading samples -- Convenient time frames -- Peculiar percentages -- Selective comparisons -- Statistical milestones -- Averages -- Epidemics -- Correlations -- Discoveries -- Debates: what if they disagree? -- Causality debates -- Equality debates -- Policy debates -- Stat-spotting on your own -- Summary: common signs of dubious data -- Better data: some characteristics -- Afterword: if you had no idea things were that bad, they probably aren't -- Suggestions for those who want to continue stat-spotting.".
- 2008017175 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-129) and index.".
- 2008017175 extent "132 p. :".
- 2008017175 identifier "0520257464 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- 2008017175 identifier "9780520257467 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- 2008017175 identifier 2008017175.html.
- 2008017175 issued "2008".
- 2008017175 issued "c2008.".
- 2008017175 language "eng".
- 2008017175 publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- 2008017175 subject "301.072/7 22".
- 2008017175 subject "HM535 .B477 2008".
- 2008017175 subject "Social problems Statistical methods.".
- 2008017175 subject "Sociology Statistical methods.".
- 2008017175 tableOfContents "Getting started -- Spotting questionable numbers -- Background -- Statistical benchmarks -- Severity and frequency -- Varieties of dubious data -- Blunders -- The slippery decimal point -- Botched translations -- Misleading graphs -- Careless calculations -- Sources: who counted--and why? -- Big round numbers -- Hyperbole -- Shocking claims -- Naming the problem -- Definitions: what did they count? -- Broad definitions -- Expanding definitions -- Changing definitions -- The uncounted -- Measurements: how did they count? -- Creating measures -- Odd units of analysis -- Loaded questions -- Raising the bar -- Technical measures -- Packaging: what are they telling us? -- Impressive formats -- Misleading samples -- Convenient time frames -- Peculiar percentages -- Selective comparisons -- Statistical milestones -- Averages -- Epidemics -- Correlations -- Discoveries -- Debates: what if they disagree? -- Causality debates -- Equality debates -- Policy debates -- Stat-spotting on your own -- Summary: common signs of dubious data -- Better data: some characteristics -- Afterword: if you had no idea things were that bad, they probably aren't -- Suggestions for those who want to continue stat-spotting.".
- 2008017175 title "Stat-spotting : a field guide to identifying dubious data / Joel Best.".
- 2008017175 type "text".