Blastland, Michael. <br/><br/>
The numbers game :  the common sense guide to understanding numbers in the news, in politics, and in life / 
Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot. 
 - New York :  Gotham Books,  c2009. 
 - xiv, 210 p. :  ill. ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index. 
<br/><br/>Counting: use strawberry jam -- Size: it's personal -- Chance: the tiger that isn't -- Up and down: a man and his dog -- Averages: the white rainbow -- Performance: the whole elephant -- Risk: bring home the bacon -- Sampling: drinking from a fire hose -- Data: know the unknowns -- Shock figures: wayward tee shots -- Comparison: mind the gap -- Causation: think twice -- Last word. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781592404858 (pbk.) 9781592404230 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Number concept.<br/>Mathematics.<br/>Statistics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>510  / BLA