Studies Show: A Popular Guide to Understanding Scientific Studies - Couverture souple

Fennick, John H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 157392136X ISBN 13 : 9781573921367

Editeur : Prometheus, 1997

Synopsis

If you're not sure what to make of all the claims and counterclaims, this new book will help cut through the conflicting reports and contradictory findings.
We are bombarded daily with media reports of startling new findings from "just released" studies often in major, authoritative publications on consumer products, medications, foods, alcohol, safety devices, social behavior, public policy, and much more. The decisions of millions of consumers, professionals, and government agencies can be influenced by just one study.
Light, humorous, and entertaining, Studies Show reviews sample studies to expose their traps and pitfalls. In plain English, statistics analyst John H. Fennick discusses the methods of good and bad studies to explain how scientific results can differ sometimes radically. Fennick shows that when armed with common sense and critical intelligence, we can understand almost any study.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John H. Fennick (Blacksburg, VA) is a former member of the technical staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he conducted computer simulations and statistical studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prometheus
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 157392136X
• ISBN 13: 9781573921367
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas