Precision journalism
Subtitle: a reporter's introduction to social science methods
By: Philip Meyer.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Journalism; Social sciences -- Statistical methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The Journalism We Need; title: 2 Using Numbers Rationally; title: 3 Some Elements of Data Analysis; title: 4 Harnessing the Power of Statistics; title: 5 Computers; title: 6 Surveys; title: 7 Lurking Variables, Part I; title: 8 Lurking Variables, Part II; title: 9 Experiments: In the Lab, in the Field, and in Nature; title: 10 Databases; title: 11 How to Analyze an Election; title: 12 The Politics of Precision Journalism; title: Appendix: Three Things to Measure with Census Data; title: Index; title: About the Author.