01258cam a2200205 4500 6777 2010455084 9781861978394 (hbk.) 510 22 Blastland, Michael. The tiger that isn't : seeing through a world of numbers / Michael Blastland & Andrew Dilnot. London : Profile, 2007. 184 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180) and index. CONTENTS: Introduction -- Counting: use the mushy peas -- Size: it's personal -- Chance: the tiger that isn't -- Up and down: a man and his dog -- Averages: the white rainbow -- Targets: the whole elephant -- Risk: bring home the bacon -- Sampling: drinking from a fire hose -- Data: know the unknowns -- Shock figures: wayward tee shots -- Comparison: mind the gap -- Correlation: think twice. ""Numbers have become the all-powerful language of public argument. Too often, that power is abused and the numbers bamboozle. This book shows how to see straight through them -- and how to seize the power for yourself.""--p. 2 of cover. Mathematics Popular works. Dilnot, A. W. 5717 5717 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2018-11-27 10578 0 510 BLA 30010450 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN