Is That a Fact?: A Field Guide to Statistical and Scientific Information - Couverture souple

Battersby, Mark

 
9781554811328: Is That a Fact?: A Field Guide to Statistical and Scientific Information
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ISBN 10 : 1554811325 ISBN 13 : 9781554811328
Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

We are inundated by scientific and statistical information, but what should we believe? How much should we trust the polls on the latest electoral campaign? When a physician tells us that a diagnosis of cancer is 90% certain or a scientist informs us that recent studies support global warming, what should we conclude? How can we acquire reliable statistical information? Once we have it, how do we evaluate it? Despite the importance of these questions to our lives, many of us have only a vague idea of how to answer them.

In this admirably clear and engaging book, Mark Battersby provides a practical guide to thinking critically about scientific and statistical information. The goal of the book is not only to explain how to identify misleading statistical information, but also to give readers the understanding necessary to evaluate and use statistical and statistically based scientific information in their own decision making.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mark Battersby is Professor of Philosophy at Capilano University.

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Éditeur
Broadview Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1554811325
ISBN 13 
9781554811328
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
242
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Personne responsable
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