News and Numbers 3e P - 3rd Edition by Cohn (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Numbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, <i>News & Numbers</i> focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer three key questions about all scientific studies, polls, and other statistical claims: What can I believe? What does it mean? and How can I explain it to others? <p>Updated throughout, this long overdue third edition brings this classic text up-to-date with the 21st century with a complete updating of examples, case studies, and stories. The text emphasises clear thinking and common sense approaches for understanding, analyzing and explaining statistics, and terms throughout the book are explained in easy-to-understand, nontechnical language. Much new material has been added to ensure the text maintains its pertinent approach to the subject, including: </p> <ul> <li>A section on computer modelling</li> <li>Additional chapters on risks and 'missing numbers'</li> <li>Updated sections on health plans and insurance, including updates on President Obama's health system overhaul & new material on health care costs and quality</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Numbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, <i>News & Numbers</i> focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer three key questions about all scientific studies, polls, and other statistical claims: "What can I believe?" "What does it mean?" and "How can I explain it to others?"<br /> <br /> <p>Updated throughout, this long overdue third edition brings this classic text up-to-date with the 21st century with a complete updating of examples, case studies, and stories. The text emphasises clear thinking and common sense approaches for understanding, analyzing and explaining statistics, and terms throughout the book are explained in easy-to-understand, nontechnical language. Much new material has been added to ensure the text maintains its pertinent approach to the subject, including: </p> <ul> <li>A section on computer modelling</li> <li>Additional chapters on risks and 'missing numbers'</li> <li>Updated sections on health plans and insurance, including updates on President Obama's health system overhaul & new material on health care costs and quality</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>The late <b>Victor Cohn</b>, called the "Dean of Science Writers" was the prize-winning science editor and writer for <i>The Washington Post</i> for 25 years. He was cited as one of the top science writers by <i>The New York Times</i> and <i>Newsweek</i>, co-founded the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and served as president of the National Association of Science Writers. <p><b>Lewis Cope</b> was science writer at the <i>Star Tribune</i> of Minneapolis-St. Paul for 29 years and, like Cohn, the recipient of numerous awards. Cope formerly served as president of the National Association of Science Writers.</p> <p><b>Deborah Cohn Runkle</b> is a Senior Program Associate at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</p>
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