Note 5 retrouvez stat spotting a field guide to identifying dubious data et des millions de livres en stock sur amazonfr achetez neuf ou doccasion. This note is adapted from stat spotting a field guide to identifying dubious data by joel best 2013 benchmarks knowledge of some basic statistical benchmarks is the most effective method to spot dubious data and recognise questionable statistics always be aware of the following statistics for the relevant country. Reading a field guide like this might lead you to conclude that all numbers are bad numbers that you ought to approach every statistic with a cynical attitude and simply assume that figures are worthless but that wont work our world is complicated we cant hope to understand it without trying to measure its properties we need statistics but we need good ones as accurate as possible. Stat spotting a field guide to identifying dubious data updated and expanded by joel best author september 2013 first edition paperback 2995 gbp2500 ebook 2995 gbp2500 courses social statistics statistics for criminal justice population demography title details rights available worldwide pages 160 isbn 9780520279988 trim . If you have stat spotting may be the book for you it may also be the book for you if you have never worried about these sorts of things because by the end of the book you will know why you really should worry this text aims to be a practical guide designed to help us spot some of the so called dubious data that we come into contact with on a daily basis put another way the text equips