Making Sense of Data in the Media - Couverture souple

Bell, Andrew; Hartman, Todd; Piekut, Aneta; Rae, Alasdair; Taylor, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1526447207 ISBN 13 : 9781526447203

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Through a series of examples of statistics in the media, this book shows you how to critically assess the presentation of data in the media, to identify what is significant and to sort verifiable conclusions from misleading claims.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Andrew Bell is a Lecturer at the Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield. His research spans a wide range of social sciences and beyond, with work on social inequalities, segregation, mental health, education and more. He also investigates the performance of different quantitative methods for use in the social sciences, with a focus on multilevel models. His twitter is @andrewjdbell.

Todd Hartman is Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Social Sciences at the Sheffield Methods Institute. His research focuses on political psychology, especially political attitudes and inter-group relations. He has extensive experience conducting surveys and experiments. His twitter is @tkhartman

Aneta Piekut is a Lecturer at the Sheffield Methods Institute, the University of Sheffield. Her research focuses on the relationship between ethnic diversity and social cohesion, attitudes towards immigration and ethnic minorities, as well as integration and socio-spatial segregation. She teaches undergraduate students how to design a survey, do a mixed-methods research and how to replicate a scientific paper. Her twitter is @anetapiekut

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1526447207
• ISBN 13: 9781526447203
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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