Andrew Bell, Todd Hartman, Aneta Piekut, Alasdair Rae, Mark Taylor

Making Sense of Data in the Media

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Produktbeschreibung

Through a series of examples of statistics in the media, this book shows you how to critically assess the presentation of data in the media, to identify what is significant and to sort verifiable conclusions from misleading claims.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 173mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781526447197
• ISBN-10: 1526447193
• Artikelnr.: 57122151

Autorenporträt

Andrew Bell is a Lecturer at the Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield. His research spans a wide range of social sciences and beyond, with work on social inequalities, segregation, mental health, education and more. He also investigates the performance of different quantitative methods for use in the social sciences, with a focus on multilevel models. His twitter is @andrewjdbell.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 How to make numbers sound big, or small, even when they aren't:
"Is that a lot?"
Chapter 3 Recognizing which numbers you should trust: "Where is the data
from?"
Chapter 4 Making surveys representative: "Who you gonna call?"
Chapter 5 Graphics in the media and how to read them: "What does this mean?
Chapter 6 Maps in the media: "Where is this happening?"
Chapter 7 Mapping patterns and people: why does geography matter?
Chapter 8 Understanding uncertainty in estimation: "are you sure?"
Chapter 9 Ranking with league tables: "What¿s the best?"
Chapter 10 When a relationship (doesn't) mean causality: "How did that
happen?"
Chapter 11 Surprising quirks in the media: "Is that possible?"
Chapter 12 Conclusion