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The tiger that isn't : seeing through a world of numbers / Michael Blastland & Andrew Dilnot.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: London : Profile, 2007.Description: 184 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781861978394 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510 22
Contents:
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.
Summary: ""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.
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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.

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