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020 _a9781592404858 (pbk.)
020 _a9781592404230 (hbk.)
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082 0 4 _a510
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100 1 _aBlastland, Michael.
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245 1 4 _aThe numbers game :
_bthe common sense guide to understanding numbers in the news, in politics, and in life /
_cMichael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot.
260 _aNew York :
_bGotham Books,
_cc2009.
300 _axiv, 210 p. :
_bill. ;
_c20 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index.
505 0 _aCounting: 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.
650 0 _aNumber concept.
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650 0 _aMathematics.
650 0 _aStatistics.
700 1 _aDilnot, A. W.
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920 _aSOC : 150219
921 _aSOCIT : 547764, 124884
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