News and Numbers: A Guide to Reporting Statistical Claims and Controversies in Health and Other Fields

Victor Cohn and Lewis Cope

News and Numbers: A Guide to Reporting Statistical Claims and Controversies in Health and Other Fields

News and Numbers gives reporters the information they need to understand, analyse and explain statistics in health science and related areas. It enables the reporter to judge the probable truth of an event; weigh and question claims; and read or judge the contentions of scientists, doctors, environmentalists, politicians, economists and others. This long-awaited second edition includes: new material and updates in every chapter including: disease outbreak epidemiology and focus groups, managed health care plans, polls, risk ratios, new cancer statistics, and more than 70 new examples.


  • ISBN: 0813814243
  • ISBN-13: 9780813814247
  • Authors : Victor Cohn and Lewis Cope
  • Joint Author : Lewis Cope
  • Language : English
  • Format:  Paperback
  • Publication Date: 1/1/2001
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Price ($AUD): $78.95

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