How to Tell the Liars from the Statisticians

By Robert Hooke

Book Overview

This book shows how statistical reasoning affects all aspects of our lives. It touches on drug testing, discrimination, sports, political polls, compulsive gambling, gun detectors, cancer research, crime and punishment, opinion surveys, advertising, mass production, and doctors' waiting rooms.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824718178
• ISBN13: 9780824718176
• Release Date: March 1983
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"