How to Think About Statistics Author:John L. Phillips Polls...surveys...economic indicators...research findings...advertising claims...business reports. Everyday we face statistics tailored to influence opinions, sell pain relievers, win votes. Now available in an up-to-date new edition, John Phillips' How to Think About Statistics is the best guide available for helping readers make real sense of ... more »the numbers encountered in the media, at work, or at school. Avoiding arcane mathematics and dull computation, Phillips explores the underlying logic of data analysis, explaining basic statistical concepts step by step to show how the numbers are gathered, organized, tested, interpreted-and in some cases, manipulated and misapplied. Concise, accessible, and engaging as always, the new edition has been thoroughly revised, and now draws on a broader range of current examples from psychology, politics, business, education, medicine, advertising, sports, and other areas. Popular with both professionals and students, How to Think About Statistics enables even the most math-phobic readers to be more skillful interpreters of the statistical evidence-or "evidence"-used to bolster arguments and claims. 70 illustrations.« less