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(Many social statistics get mutated and twisted to partisan advantage when reported by journalists to a non-math-savvy public; see innumeracy.) |
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Revision as of 21:51, October 20, 2007
In Damned Lies and Statistics, author Joel Best asks:
- Does the number of children gunned down double each year?
- Does anorexia kill 150,000 young women annually?
Many social statistics get mutated and twisted to partisan advantage when reported by journalists to a non-math-savvy public; see innumeracy.