Critical Statistics Seeing Beyond the Headlines
Critical Statistics Seeing Beyond the Headlines by Robert de Vries, published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2019, is a 250-page textbook designed to equip students with essential knowledge and skills for navigating the statistics they encounter in daily life and academic studies. This edition presents core statistical concepts such as measurement, causation, and sampling in accessible language, making it suitable for those new to statistical research.
Readers will find that this textbook focuses on demystifying the numbers often seen in news reports and social media, enabling them to understand the underlying principles without the need for complex mathematics. It serves as a practical guide for students embarking on quantitative research projects, as well as for anyone seeking to gain a clearer perspective on the statistics that shape societal discussions.
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Awarded the 2019 Most Promising New Textbook Award by the Textbook & Academic Authors Association.
This accessible and entertaining new textbook provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to understand the barrage of numbers encountered in their everyday lives and studies. Almost all the statistics in the news, on social media or in scientific reports are based on just a few core concepts, including measurement (ensuring we count the right thing), causation (determining whether one thing causes another) and sampling (using just a few people to understand a whole population). By explaining these concepts in plain language, without complex mathematics, this book prepares students to meet the statistical world head on and to begin their own quantitative research projects.
Ideal for students facing statistical research for the first time, or for anyone interested in understanding more about the numbers in the news, this textbook helps students to see beyond the headlines and behind the numbers.
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