News & numbers
Subtitle: a writer's guide to statistics
By: Victor Cohn, Lewis Cope
Contributors: Cope, Lewis, 1934-; Cohn Runkle, Deborah
Edition: 3rd ed. / with Deborah Cohn Runkle.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Malden
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470671344; 9781405160964
Subjects: Public health; Vital statistics; Statistics; Environmental health
Other titles: News and numbers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Where we can do better; title: Certainty of uncertainty; title: Testing the evidence; title: What's a good study; title: Your questions and peer review; title: a guide to the second half of news & numbers; title: Tests and drug trials; title: Vital statistics; title: Health costs, quality and insurance; title: Our environment; title: Writing about risks; title: Polls; title: Statistical savvy for many types of news; title: Epilogue.