Is That a Fact? Revised Edition

Is That a Fact? Revised Edition
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Publisher : Broadview Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 9781554811328
ISBN-13 : 1554811325
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Book Synopsis Is That a Fact? Revised Edition by : Mark Battersby

Download or read book Is That a Fact? Revised Edition written by Mark Battersby and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are inundated by scientific and statistical information, but what should we believe? How much should we trust the polls on the latest electoral campaign? When a physician tells us that a diagnosis of cancer is 90% certain or a scientist informs us that recent studies support global warming, what should we conclude? How can we acquire reliable statistical information? Once we have it, how do we evaluate it? Despite the importance of these questions to our lives, many of us have only a vague idea of how to answer them. In this admirably clear and engaging book, Mark Battersby provides a practical guide to thinking critically about scientific and statistical information. The goal of the book is not only to explain how to identify misleading statistical information, but also to give readers the understanding necessary to evaluate and use statistical and statistically based scientific information in their own decision making.

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