News & numbers a writer's guide to statistics /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2012.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- Where we can do better
- Certainty of uncertainty
- Testing the evidence
- What's a good study
- Your questions and peer review
- A guide to the second half of news & numbers
- Tests and drug trials
- Vital statistics
- Health costs, quality and insurance
- Our environment
- Writing about risks
- Polls
- Statistical savvy for many types of news
- Epilogue.