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We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process, especially in election season. It's raining bad data, half-truths, and even outright lies. Daniel J. Levitin shows how to recognize misleading announcements, statistics, graphs, and written reports revealing the ways lying weasels can use them. This book outlines recommendations for critical thinking practices that meet the challenges of the digital age's misinformation, demonstrating the role of science in information literacy while explaining the importance of skeptical reasoning in making decisions based on online information
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A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics, Daniel Levitin
- Language
- Released
- 2016
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €6.89
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- Title
- A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Daniel Levitin
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 024124000X
- ISBN13
- 9780241240007
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- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process, especially in election season. It's raining bad data, half-truths, and even outright lies. Daniel J. Levitin shows how to recognize misleading announcements, statistics, graphs, and written reports revealing the ways lying weasels can use them. This book outlines recommendations for critical thinking practices that meet the challenges of the digital age's misinformation, demonstrating the role of science in information literacy while explaining the importance of skeptical reasoning in making decisions based on online information