The tiger that isn't [electronic resource] : seeing through a world of numbers / Michael Blastland & Andrew Dilnot.
By: Blastland, Michael
Contributor(s): Dilnot, A. W | ProQuest (Firm)Publisher: London : Profile, 2008, c2007Edition: Expanded edDescription: x, 226 p. : ill001: 44957ISBN: 9781847650795Subject(s): Mathematics -- Popular works | Political statistics | Social problems -- Statistical methods | Statistics -- Popular worksGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: QA276 | .B618 2008Online resources: Click to View
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Mathematics scares and depresses most of us, but politicians, journalists and everyone in power use numbers all the time to bamboozle us. Most maths is really simple - as easy as 2+2 in fact. Better still it can be understood without any jargon, any formulas - and in fact not even many numbers. Most of it is commonsense, and by using a few really simple principles one can quickly see when maths, statistics and numbers are being abused to play tricks - or create policies - which can waste millions of pounds. It is liberating to understand when numbers are telling the truth or being used to lie, whether it is health scares, the costs of government policies, the supposed risks of certain activities or the real burden of taxes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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