Is That A Fact?: A Field Guide to Statistical and Scientific Information

Mark Battersby

ISBN 10: 1554812445 / ISBN 13: 9781554812448

Published by Broadview Press Ltd, 2016

About this Item

Explains how to identify misleading statistics, and gives readers the understanding necessary to evaluate and use statistical information in their own decision-making. Graphs and illustrations are used to visually illustrate concepts, while cartoons liven the discussion and connect the book's ideas to familiar and humorous contexts. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL; JHBC; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396. . 2016. 2nd Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781554812448

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Is That A Fact?: A Field Guide to Statistical and Scientific Information
• Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554812445
• ISBN 13: 9781554812448
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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 nutritionist tells us what is healthy to eat, what should we believe? Questions such as these are greatly important, yet many of us have only a vague sense of how to answer them. In Is That a Fact?, Mark Battersby aims not only to explain how to identify misleading statistics and research, but also to give readers the understanding necessary to evaluate and use statistical information in their own decision making. This second edition is revised and updated throughout and includes a new chapter on weighing risk in personal and public decision making.

About the Author

Mark Battersby is Professor of Philosophy at Capilano University (retired).