ENG 102 - Thonney - Bad Statistics

Articles by Joel Best:

"Promoting Bad Statistics." Society 38.3 (2001): 10-15.

out of context Contexts 4.2 (2005): 33. "Was 9/11 the “worst disaster in American history,” as some commentators hurriedly claimed?"

out of context Contexts 4.3 (2005): 37. "Ever try Googling “lost productivity”?"

out of context: ornithocide. Contexts 4.4 (2005): 32.

out of context: bloated figures. Contexts 5.1 (2006): 38.

out of context: the avian flu statistics bug. Contexts 5.2 (2006): 49.

out of context: shrinking male enrollments? Contexts 5.3 (2006): 33.

out of context: the number-one causes of death Contexts 5.4 (2006): Skip forward to p. 40

out of context: what counts as wet? Contexts 6.1 (2007): Skip forward to p. 36

out of context: cutting data for the media. Contexts 6.2 (2007): 39.

counting counties. Contexts 6.3 (2007): 22.

out of context: are a majority of women spouseless?. Contexts 6.4 (2007): 33.

Articles - Carl Bialik's The Numbers Guy column and blog for Wall Street Journal online tells 'the stories behind the stats.'

Books

Display list of related books note: the title More damned lies and statistics appears twice as we have both a print copy and one in Ebrary: More Damned Lies and Statistics : How Numbers Confuse Public Issues by Joel Best, University of California Press, 2004.