200% of nothing : an eye-opening tour through the twists and turns of math abuse and innumeracy
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200% of nothing : an eye-opening tour through the twists and turns of math abuse and innumeracy
Wiley, c1993
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Two hundred percent of nothing
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-180)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume uncovers the deceptive and erroneous use of mathematics favoured by politicians and advertisers. It identifies the many ways in which numbers and statistics can be manipulated, giving specific examples where the public has been misled at the risk of libel laws.
Table of Contents
- Innumeracy and Math Abuse
- Statistics and Damned Lies
- The Mathematics of Advertising
- Intelligent Dice
- The Law of Zero Return
- Caveat Emptor
- The Government Figures
- Living with Risk
- Gee-Whiz Media Math
- The Tip of the Iceberg
- Everybody Is a Mathematician
- Street Math
- Annotated Bibliography
- Acknowledgments: The Abuse Detectives.
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