Statistical Deception at Work

John Mauro (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-99649-6 (ISBN)

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Written to reveal statistical deceptions often thrust upon unsuspecting journalists, this book views the use of numbers from a public perspective. Illustrating how the statistical naivete of journalists often nourishes quantitative misinformation, the author's intent is to make journalists more critical appraisers of numerical data so that in reporting them they do not deceive the public. The book frequently uses actual reported examples of misused statistical data reported by mass media and describes how journalists can avoid being taken in by them. Because reports of survey findings seldom give sufficient detail of methods on the actual questions asked, this book elaborates on questions reporters should ask about methodology and how to detect biased questions before reporting the findings to the public. As such, it may be looked upon as an "elements of style" for reporting statistics.

John Mauro

Contents: Preface. Averages: Ambiguous in Assorted Ways. Percentages: Machiavellian Misleaders. The Word Connection: Inflaters or Deflators. Index Numbers: The Concealers. The Fine Art of Fooling. Convenient Numbers: The Magicians. Probable Probabilities: Don't Bet on Them. The Law of Large Numbers: You Lose. Correlation: Obscure Causality. Sampling: A Few Represent Many. Questionnaires: What You Ask Is What You Get. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.05.2017
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Communication Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	1-138-99649-1 / 1138996491
ISBN-13	978-1-138-99649-6 / 9781138996496
Zustand	Neuware