Standard deviations : flawed assumptions, tortured data and other ways to lie with statistics (Record no. 44547)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01122 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780715649145 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 519.5 |
| Item number | SMI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gary, Smith |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Standard deviations : flawed assumptions, tortured data and other ways to lie with statistics |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Duckworth Overlook, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2014 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | iii,326p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | CONTENTS<br/>INTRODUCTION 3<br/>1. Patterns, Patterns, Patterns 7<br/>2. Garbage In, Gospel Out 25<br/>3. Apples and Prunes 43<br/>4. Oops! 55<br/>5. Graphical Gaffes 71<br/>6. Common Nonsense 91<br/>7. Confound It! 105<br/>B. When You're Hot, You're Not 123<br/>9. Regression 137<br/>10. Even Steven 159<br/>11. The Texas Sharpshooter 163<br/>12. The Ultimate Procrastination 175<br/>13. Serious Omissions 185<br/>1U. Flimsy Theories and Rotten Data 201<br/>15. Don't Confuse Me With Facts 213<br/>16. Data Without Theory 233<br/>17. Betting the Bank 263<br/>IB. Theory Without Data 281<br/>19. When to Be Persuaded and When<br/>to Be Skeptical 289<br/>SOURCES 299<br/>INDEX 321<br/> |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 43960 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | UK |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | GRATIS |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 27/09/2016 | Gratis | 0.00 | 1 | 519.5 SMI | 016449 | 15/10/2016 | 08/10/2016 | 0.00 | 30/08/2016 | Book |