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The numbers game : the commonsense guide to understanding numbers in the news, in politics, and in life, Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot
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- Summary
- Numbers saturate the news, politics, and life. The average person can use basic knowledge and common sense to put the never-ending onslaught of facts and figures in their proper place
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 210 pages
- Contents
-
- Counting: use strawberry jam
- Size: it's personal
- Chance: the tiger that isn't
- Up and down: a man and his dog
- Averages: the white rainbow
- Performance: the whole elephant
- Risk: bring home the bacon
- Sampling: drinking from a fire hose
- Data: know the unknowns
- Shock figures: wayward tee shots
- Comparison: mind the gap
- Causation: think twice
- Last word
- Isbn
- 9781592404230
- Label
- The numbers game : the commonsense guide to understanding numbers in the news, in politics, and in life
- Title
- The numbers game
- Title remainder
- the commonsense guide to understanding numbers in the news, in politics, and in life
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Numbers saturate the news, politics, and life. The average person can use basic knowledge and common sense to put the never-ending onslaught of facts and figures in their proper place
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 298242
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Blastland, Michael
- Dewey number
- 510
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Dilnot, A. W
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- True
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- Number concept
- Mathematics
- Statistics
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- the commonsense guide to understanding numbers in the news, in politics, and in life
- Label
- The numbers game : the commonsense guide to understanding numbers in the news, in politics, and in life, Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Counting: use strawberry jam -- Size: it's personal -- Chance: the tiger that isn't -- Up and down: a man and his dog -- Averages: the white rainbow -- Performance: the whole elephant -- Risk: bring home the bacon -- Sampling: drinking from a fire hose -- Data: know the unknowns -- Shock figures: wayward tee shots -- Comparison: mind the gap -- Causation: think twice -- Last word
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 210 pages
- Isbn
- 9781592404230
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2008030130
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- ocn233549611
- OCoLC
- Label
- The numbers game : the commonsense guide to understanding numbers in the news, in politics, and in life, Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Counting: use strawberry jam -- Size: it's personal -- Chance: the tiger that isn't -- Up and down: a man and his dog -- Averages: the white rainbow -- Performance: the whole elephant -- Risk: bring home the bacon -- Sampling: drinking from a fire hose -- Data: know the unknowns -- Shock figures: wayward tee shots -- Comparison: mind the gap -- Causation: think twice -- Last word
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 210 pages
- Isbn
- 9781592404230
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2008030130
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- ocn233549611
- OCoLC
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