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.
Monday, March 31, 2008
ENG 102 - Thonney - Bad Statistics
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Iraq War - 5 Year Anniversary
Articles
World Special : Iraq, Afghanistan & the Reach of War. New York Times. Collection of articles with many multimedia and interactive special features.
FACTS.com
"Iraq War: A Guide to FACTS.com Coverage (2002- )." Facts On File World News Digest. 1 Mar. 2007.
Country Profile: Iraq. Facts On File World News Digest @ FACTS.com. Continuously updated with articles, documents, special features.
Bodenner, Chris. "Iraq War: Necessary Part of the Fight Against Terrorism or a War of Choice?." Issues & Controversies in American History. 4 Apr. 2006.
CQ Researcher:
Katel, Peter. "Cost of the Iraq War." 25 Apr. 2008.
Katel, Peter. "New Strategy in Iraq". 23 Feb. 2007.
Books
Reference
Articles on Iraq (primarily background) from 4 encyclopedias in the History & Culture subcollection of Gale Virtual Reference.
Websites
United States. Dept. of Defense. Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq. Quarterly report to Congress.
Iraq Coalition Casualties List
Iraq. Topic. National Public Radio.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Gender Pay Gap
Articles
Billitteri, Thomas J. "Gender Pay Gap: Are women paid fairly in the workplace?" CQ Researcher, March 14, 2008.
More than four decades after Congress passed landmark anti-discrimination legislation — including the Equal Pay Act of 1963 — a debate continues to rage over whether women are paid fairly in the workplace. Contending that gender bias contributes to a significant "pay gap," reformists support proposed federal legislation aimed at bringing women's wages more closely in line with those of men. Others say new laws are not needed because the wage gap largely can be explained by such factors as women's choices of occupation and the amount of time they spend in the labor force. Meanwhile, a class-action suit charging Wal-Mart Stores with gender bias in pay and promotions — the biggest sex-discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history — may be heading for the Supreme Court. Some women's advocates argue that a controversial high-court ruling last year makes it more difficult to sue over wage discrimination.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.
EBSCO Search
( pay or wage* or salar* ) and ( equit* or differential* or equal ) and ( gender or sex )
ProQuest Search
SU(pay or wage* or salar*) AND SU(equit* or differential* or equal) AND SU(gender or sex)
Gale Virtual Reference
"Equal Pay Act of 1963." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Shirelle Phelps and Jeffrey Lehman. Vol. 4. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 186-188.
"Comparable Worth." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Shirelle Phelps and Jeffrey Lehman. Vol. 3. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 49-52.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
School Violence & Bullying
Articles
CQ Researcher:
Billitteri, Thomas J. "Cyberbullying: Are new laws needed to curb online aggression?." CQ Researcher. 2 May 2008.
Billitteri, Thomas J. "Discipline in Schools: Are zero-tolerance policies fair?." CQ Researcher. February 15, 2008.
Greenya, John. "Bullying: Are schools doing enough to stop the problem?" CQ Researcher. February 4, 2005.
EBSCOhost:
zero tolerance AND school violence AND united states - over 100 full text articles
school* AND bullying AND United States - over 100 full text articles
(school violence or bullying) and psych* - over 400 full text articles
ProQuest
(cyberbull* or cyber bully*) OR SU(bullying and (internet or web))
Gale Virtual Reference
Toby, Jackson. "Schools and Crime." Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. Ed. Joshua Dressler. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan, 2002. pp. 1365-1373.
Books in the CBC Library Catalog
Web
U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Violence in Schools.
U.S. Dept. of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007. Annual report - see publications list for other years.
NPR News. Cyber Bullies Hard to Stop. Nov. 30, 2007.
