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Author |
: A. John Bailer |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 113 |
Release |
: 2022-09-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000702613 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000702618 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Statistics Behind the Headlines by : A. John Bailer
How do you learn about what’s going on in the world? Did a news headline grab your attention? Did a news story report on recent research? What do you need to know to be a critical consumer of the news you read? If you are looking to start developing your data self-defense and critical news consumption skills, this book is for you! It reflects a long-term collaboration between a statistician and a journalist to shed light on the statistics behind the stories and the stories behind the statistics. The only prerequisite for enjoying this book is an interest in developing the skills and insights for better understanding news stories that incorporate quantitative information. Chapters in Statistics Behind the Headlines kick off with a news story headline and a summary of the story itself. The meat of each chapter consists of an exploration of the statistical and journalism concepts needed to understand the data analyzed and reported in the story. The chapters are organized around these sections: What ideas will you encounter in this chapter? What is claimed? Is it appropriate? Who is claiming this? Why is it claimed? What makes this a story worth telling? Is this a good measure of impact? How is the claim supported? What evidence is reported? What is the quality/strength of the evidence? Does the claim seem reasonable? How does this claim fit with what is already known? How much does this matter? Considering the coverage Chapters close with connections to the Stats + Stories podcast.
Author |
: Robert de Vries |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 2018-09-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781350314375 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1350314374 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Critical Statistics by : Robert de Vries
Awarded the 2019 Most Promising New Textbook Award by the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. This accessible and entertaining new textbook provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to understand the barrage of numbers encountered in their everyday lives and studies. Almost all the statistics in the news, on social media or in scientific reports are based on just a few core concepts, including measurement (ensuring we count the right thing), causation (determining whether one thing causes another) and sampling (using just a few people to understand a whole population). By explaining these concepts in plain language, without complex mathematics, this book prepares students to meet the statistical world head on and to begin their own quantitative research projects. Ideal for students facing statistical research for the first time, or for anyone interested in understanding more about the numbers in the news, this textbook helps students to see beyond the headlines and behind the numbers.
Author |
: A. John Bailer |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2022 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1003023401 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781003023401 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Statistics Behind the Headlines by : A. John Bailer
How do you learn about what's going on in the world? Did a news headline grab your attention? Did a news story report on recent research? What do you need to know to be a critical consumer of the news you read? If you are looking to start developing your data self-defense and critical news consumption skills, this book is for you! It reflects a long-term collaboration between a statistician and a journalist to shed light on the statistics behind the stories and the stories behind the statistics. The only prerequisite for enjoying this book is an interest in developing the skills and insights for better understanding news stories that incorporate quantitative information. Chapters in Statistics Behind the Headlines kick off with a news story headline and a summary of the story itself. The meat of each chapter consists of an exploration of the statistical and journalism concepts needed to understand the data analyzed and reported in the story. The chapters are organized around these sections: What ideas will you encounter in this chapter? What is claimed? Is it appropriate? Who is claiming this? Why is it claimed? What makes this a story worth telling? Is this a good measure of impact? How is the claim supported? What evidence is reported? What is the quality/strength of the evidence? Does the claim seem reasonable? How does this claim fit with what is already known? How much does this matter? Considering the coverage Chapters close with connections to the Stats + Stories podcast.
Author |
: Tom Chivers |
Publisher |
: Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2022-03-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1474619975 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781474619974 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis How to Read Numbers by : Tom Chivers
Author |
: Amelia Bookstein |
Publisher |
: Oxfam |
Total Pages |
: 58 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0855985267 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780855985264 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Beyond the Headlines by : Amelia Bookstein
Includes statistics.
Author |
: Chris Stirewalt |
Publisher |
: Center Street |
Total Pages |
: 216 |
Release |
: 2022-08-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781546002819 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1546002812 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Broken News by : Chris Stirewalt
"One of America’s most experienced and exemplary journalists has written an unsparing analysis of the dreadful consequences -- for journalism and the nation -- of ‘how the news lost a race to the bottom with itself.’” -- George F. Will In this national bestseller, Chris Stirewalt, a former Fox News political editor, takes readers inside America’s broken newsrooms that have succumbed to the temptation of “rage revenue.” One of America’s sharpest political analysts, Stirewalt employs his trademark wit and insight to reveal how these media organizations slant coverage – and why that drives political division and rewards outrageous conduct. The New York Times wrote that Stirewalt’s book "is an often candid reflection on the state of political journalism and his time at Fox News, where such post-mortem assessments are not common..." Broken News is a fascinating, deeply researched, conversation-provoking study of how the news is made and how it must be repaired. Stirewalt goes deep inside the history of the industry to explain how today’s media divides America for profit. And he offers practical advice for how readers, listeners, and viewers can (and should) become better news consumers for the sake of the republic.
Author |
: Lodewijk Bos |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 171 |
Release |
: 2011-07-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783642150517 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3642150519 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Future Visions on Biomedicine and Bioinformatics 1 by : Lodewijk Bos
Swamy Laxminarayan was an outstanding researcher active in many diverse fields of science and technology. This liber amicorum in memory of Swamy Laxminarayan collects Medical and Biological Engineering and Informatics contributions to the Safety and Security of Individuals and Society. The authors are renowned scientists and the aim of their writing is to recall the enormous personal and scientific achievement of Swamy Laxminarayan.
Author |
: Charles Wheelan |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 307 |
Release |
: 2013-01-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393089820 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393089827 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data by : Charles Wheelan
A New York Times bestseller "Brilliant, funny…the best math teacher you never had." —San Francisco Chronicle Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called "sexy." From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues to grow by leaps and bounds. How can we catch schools that cheat on standardized tests? How does Netflix know which movies you’ll like? What is causing the rising incidence of autism? As best-selling author Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Statistics, the right data and a few well-chosen statistical tools can help us answer these questions and more. For those who slept through Stats 101, this book is a lifesaver. Wheelan strips away the arcane and technical details and focuses on the underlying intuition that drives statistical analysis. He clarifies key concepts such as inference, correlation, and regression analysis, reveals how biased or careless parties can manipulate or misrepresent data, and shows us how brilliant and creative researchers are exploiting the valuable data from natural experiments to tackle thorny questions. And in Wheelan’s trademark style, there’s not a dull page in sight. You’ll encounter clever Schlitz Beer marketers leveraging basic probability, an International Sausage Festival illuminating the tenets of the central limit theorem, and a head-scratching choice from the famous game show Let’s Make a Deal—and you’ll come away with insights each time. With the wit, accessibility, and sheer fun that turned Naked Economics into a bestseller, Wheelan defies the odds yet again by bringing another essential, formerly unglamorous discipline to life.
Author |
: Juergen Maasz |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 283 |
Release |
: 2011-10-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789460915437 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9460915434 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Real-World Problems for Secondary School Mathematics Students by : Juergen Maasz
This is a book full of ideas for introducing real world problems into mathematics classrooms and assisting teachers and students to benefit from the experience. Taken as a whole these contributions provide a rich resource for mathematics teachers and their students that is readily available in a single volume. Nowadays there is a universal emphasis on teaching for understanding, motivating students to learn mathematics and using real world problems to improve the mathematics experience of school students. However, using real world problems in mathematics classrooms places extra demands on teachers in terms of extra-mathematical knowledge e.g. knowledge of the area of applications, and pedagogical knowledge. Care must also be taken to avoid overly complex situations and applications. Papers in this collection offer a practical perspective on these issues, and more. While many papers offer specific well worked out lesson type ideas, others concentrate on the teacher knowledge needed to introduce real world applications of mathematics into the classroom. We are confident that mathematics teachers who read the book will find a myriad of ways to introduce the material into their classrooms whether in ways suggested by the contributing authors or in their own ways, perhaps through mini-projects or extended projects or practical sessions or enquiry based learning. We are happy if they do! This book is written for mathematics classroom teachers and their students, mathematics teacher educators, and mathematics teachers in training at pre-service and in-service phases of their careers.
Author |
: Steven Woloshin |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 154 |
Release |
: 2008-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520252226 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520252225 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Know Your Chances by : Steven Woloshin
Understanding risk -- Putting risk in perspective -- Risk charts : a way to get perspective -- Judging the benefit of a health intervention -- Not all benefits are equal : understand the outcome -- Consider the downsides -- Do the benefits outweight the downsides? -- Beware of exaggerated importance -- Beware of exaggerated certainty -- Who's behind the numbers?