Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11091015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Kroll-Smith (0000-0002-7885-4247, corresponding author), Steve Kroll-Smith |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 488 |
| Publication date | 2002-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists, Joel Best, 2001 |
| Venue | Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3089134 |
| OpenAlex | W2049241438 |
| Language | EN |
Acknowledgments Introduction: The Worst Social Statistic Ever 1 The Importance of Social Statistics 2 Soft Facts: Sources of Bad Statistics 3 Mutant Statistics: Methods for Mangling Numbers 4 Apples and Oranges: Inappropriate Comparisons 5 Stat Wars: Conflicts over Social Statistics 6 Thinking about Social Statistics: The Critical Approach Notes Index
Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Statistics · Census and Population Estimation · Mathematics
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| Highly cited | No |