Cohn, Victor
News and Numbers: A Writer's Guide to Statistics
The third edition of News & Numbers is a clear and comprehensively updated introduction to the role, logic and language of statistics which focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics.
- Includes new sections on computer modelling, missing numbers, health care quality and its costs and risks
- Features a completely new chapter on reporting on risk
- Contains additional and updated examples throughout
- Illustrates how an understanding of statistics can help in writing about business, education, environmental policy, sports, opinion polls, crime and other topics
- Focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics
Keywords: Journalism, Statistics, polling, reporting, newswriting, journalism, health, analysis
- Author(s)
- Cohn, Victor
- Cope, Lewis
- Runkle, Deborah Cohn
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2011
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 3
- Page amount
- 176 pages
- Category
- General Works
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781444344349
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405160964