News & numbers : a guide to reporting statistical claims and controversies in health and other fields /
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| Natura: | Libro |
| Lingua: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Iowa State University Press,
c2001.
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| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
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Sommario:
- 1. Where We Can Do Better
- 2. The Certainty of Uncertainty
- 3. Testing the Evidence
- 4. What's a Good Study?
- 5. Questions You Can Ask
- 6. Tests and Testing: Measuring What Works
- 7. Vital Statistics: Measuring Life and Health
- 8. Health Plans and Hospitals: Measuring Their Quality
- 9. Our Environment and Measuring All Risks
- 10. Polls: Measuring What We Think
- 11. Politics, Your Pocketbook, and Plenty More.