News & numbers : a writer's guide to statistics / Victor Cohn, Lewis Cope ; with Deborah Cohn Runkle.
By: Cohn, Victor
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Contributor(s): Cope, Lewis | Cohn Runkle, Deborah.
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xv, 181 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780470671344 (hbk.); 9781405160964 (pbk.).Other title: News and numbers.Subject(s): Public health -- Statistics | Environmental health -- Statistics | Vital statisticsDDC classification: 614.420727
Contents:
Where we can do better -- Certainty of uncertainty -- Testing the evidence -- What's a good study -- Your questions and peer review -- a guide to the second half of news & numbers -- Tests and drug trials -- Vital statistics -- Health costs, quality and insurance -- Our environment -- Writing about risks -- Polls -- Statistical savvy for many types of news -- Epilogue.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TU | 614.420727 COH 2012 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | SOMAC,09030,93,GR | 5000128597 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Where we can do better -- Certainty of uncertainty -- Testing the evidence -- What's a good study -- Your questions and peer review -- a guide to the second half of news & numbers -- Tests and drug trials -- Vital statistics -- Health costs, quality and insurance -- Our environment -- Writing about risks -- Polls -- Statistical savvy for many types of news -- Epilogue.