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Numbers and statistical claims dominate today s news. Politics,budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting alldemand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health,medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer threekey questions about all scientific studies, polls, and otherstatistical claims: "What can I believe?" "What does it mean?" and"How can I explain it to others?" Updated throughout, this long overdue third edition brings thisclassic text up-to-date with the 21st century with a…mehr

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Numbers and statistical claims dominate today s news. Politics,budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting alldemand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health,medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer threekey questions about all scientific studies, polls, and otherstatistical claims: "What can I believe?" "What does it mean?" and"How can I explain it to others?"
Updated throughout, this long overdue third edition brings thisclassic text up-to-date with the 21st century with a completeupdating of examples, case studies, and stories. The textemphasises clear thinking and common sense approaches forunderstanding, analyzing and explaining statistics, and termsthroughout the book are explained in easy-to-understand,nontechnical language. Much new material has been added to ensurethe text maintains its pertinent approach to the subject,including:

A section on computer modelling
Additional chapters on risks and missing numbers
Updated sections on health plans and insurance, includingupdates on President Obama s health system overhaul & newmaterial on health care costs and quality
Autorenporträt
The late Victor Cohn, called the "Dean of Science Writers" was the prize-winning science editor and writer for The Washington Post for 25 years. He was cited as one of the top science writers by The New York Times and Newsweek, co-founded the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and served as president of the National Association of Science Writers. Lewis Cope was science writer at the Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul for 29 years and, like Cohn, the recipient of numerous awards. Cope formerly served as president of the National Association of Science Writers. Deborah Cohn Runkle is a Senior Program Associate at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.