by Victor Cohn · Iowa State University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780813814377
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«News & Numbers» is the journalism guide by Victor Cohn and Lewis Cope, published by Iowa State University Press in paperback (178 pages, in English).
Practical guide for journalists and news readers on how to understand and analyze figures from scientific studies, surveys and other data. It poses three questions: what to believe in a statistic, what it means and how to explain it to others, with common sense and non-technical language.
First edition 1988; subtitle: «A Guide to Reporting Statistical Claims and Controversies in Health and Other Fields». Victor Cohn was a science writer for the Washington Post.
For journalists, communication students and professionals who need to interpret data in health, science or current affairs news.
