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Sex, Lies and Statistics

Author : Belle de Jour
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549503146
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Sex, Lies and Statistics written by Belle de Jour and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An enlightening must-read for anyone exposed to the press" THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY"Should be read by anyone claiming an interest in sex and, especially, sex equality" EVENING STANDARD"An important book... exactly the kind of level-headed analysis that could help to dispel some of the hysteria surrounding the sex industry" THE TIMES"As entertaining as it is erudite" THE OBSERVERAs Belle de Jour she enthralled and outraged the nation in equal measure. Now her real identity is out in the open, Brooke's background as a scientist and a researcher can come to bear in her fascinating investigation into the truth behind the headlines, scandals and moral outrage that fill the media (and our minds) when it comes to sex. Using her entertaining and informed voice, Brooke strips away the hype and looks at the science behind sex and the panic behind public policy. Unlike so many media column inches, Brooke uses verifiable academic research. This is fact, not fiction; science not supposition. So sit back, open your mind and prepare to be shocked...(Review excerpts refer to 2012 UK edition)

A Field Guide to Lies

Author : Daniel J. Levitin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698409795
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Lies written by Daniel J. Levitin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The New York Times bestselling author of THE ORGANIZED MIND and THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, a primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever. 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. New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Levitin shows how to recognize misleading announcements, statistics, graphs, and written reports revealing the ways lying weasels can use them. It's becoming harder to separate the wheat from the digital chaff. How do we distinguish misinformation, pseudo-facts, distortions, and outright lies from reliable information? Levitin groups his field guide into two categories—statistical infomation and faulty arguments—ultimately showing how science is the bedrock of critical thinking. Infoliteracy means understanding that there are hierarchies of source quality and bias that variously distort our information feeds via every media channel, including social media. We may expect newspapers, bloggers, the government, and Wikipedia to be factually and logically correct, but they so often aren't. We need to think critically about the words and numbers we encounter if we want to be successful at work, at play, and in making the most of our lives. This means checking the plausibility and reasoning—not passively accepting information, repeating it, and making decisions based on it. Readers learn to avoid the extremes of passive gullibility and cynical rejection. Levitin's charming, entertaining, accessible guide can help anyone wake up to a whole lot of things that aren't so. And catch some lying weasels in their tracks!

More Damned Lies and Statistics

Author : Joel Best
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520930029
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book More Damned Lies and Statistics written by Joel Best and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-09-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to the acclaimed Damned Lies and Statistics, which the Boston Globe said "deserves a place next to the dictionary on every school, media, and home-office desk," Joel Best continues his straightforward, lively, and humorous account of how statistics are produced, used, and misused by everyone from researchers to journalists. Underlining the importance of critical thinking in all matters numerical, Best illustrates his points with examples of good and bad statistics about such contemporary concerns as school shootings, fatal hospital errors, bullying, teen suicides, deaths at the World Trade Center, college ratings, the risks of divorce, racial profiling, and fatalities caused by falling coconuts. More Damned Lies and Statistics encourages all of us to think in a more sophisticated and skeptical manner about how statistics are used to promote causes, create fear, and advance particular points of view. Best identifies different sorts of numbers that shape how we think about public issues: missing numbers are relevant but overlooked; confusing numbers bewilder when they should inform; scary numbers play to our fears about the present and the future; authoritative numbers demand respect they don’t deserve; magical numbers promise unrealistic, simple solutions to complex problems; and contentious numbers become the focus of data duels and stat wars. The author's use of pertinent, socially important examples documents the life-altering consequences of understanding or misunderstanding statistical information. He demystifies statistical measures by explaining in straightforward prose how decisions are made about what to count and what not to count, what assumptions get made, and which figures are brought to our attention. Best identifies different sorts of numbers that shape how we think about public issues. Entertaining, enlightening, and very timely, this book offers a basis for critical thinking about the numbers we encounter and a reminder that when it comes to the news, people count—in more ways than one.

Unspeakable Things

Author : Laurie Penny
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408826089
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Unspeakable Things written by Laurie Penny and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for The Green Carnation Prize 2014 'This is not a fairytale. This is a story about how sex and money and power police our dreams.' Clear-eyed, witty and irreverent, Laurie Penny is as ruthless in her dissection of modern feminism and class politics as she is in discussing her own experiences in journalism, activism and underground culture. This is a book about poverty and prejudice, online dating and eating disorders, riots in the streets and lies on the television. The backlash is on against sexual freedom for men and women and social justice – and feminism needs to get braver. Penny speaks for a new feminism that takes no prisoners, a feminism that is about justice and equality, but also about freedom for all. It's about the freedom to be who we are, to love who we choose, to invent new gender roles, and to speak out fiercely against those who would deny us those rights. It is a book that gives the silenced a voice – a voice that speaks of unspeakable things.

Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

Author : Charles Wheelan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393089827
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data written by Charles Wheelan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller "Brilliant, funny…the best math teacher you never had." —San Francisco Chronicle Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called "sexy." From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues to grow by leaps and bounds. How can we catch schools that cheat on standardized tests? How does Netflix know which movies you’ll like? What is causing the rising incidence of autism? As best-selling author Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Statistics, the right data and a few well-chosen statistical tools can help us answer these questions and more. For those who slept through Stats 101, this book is a lifesaver. Wheelan strips away the arcane and technical details and focuses on the underlying intuition that drives statistical analysis. He clarifies key concepts such as inference, correlation, and regression analysis, reveals how biased or careless parties can manipulate or misrepresent data, and shows us how brilliant and creative researchers are exploiting the valuable data from natural experiments to tackle thorny questions. And in Wheelan’s trademark style, there’s not a dull page in sight. You’ll encounter clever Schlitz Beer marketers leveraging basic probability, an International Sausage Festival illuminating the tenets of the central limit theorem, and a head-scratching choice from the famous game show Let’s Make a Deal—and you’ll come away with insights each time. With the wit, accessibility, and sheer fun that turned Naked Economics into a bestseller, Wheelan defies the odds yet again by bringing another essential, formerly unglamorous discipline to life.

Damned Lies and Statistics

Author : Joel Best
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520953517
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Damned Lies and Statistics written by Joel Best and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers.

Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box

Author : Philip Cowley
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849548250
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box written by Philip Cowley and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED... ... what emotions really influence where your cross goes on the ballot paper? ... whether people are claiming to vote when they haven't? ... which party's supporters are the kinkiest in bed? In the run-up to the most hotly contested and unpredictable election in a generation, this exhilarating read injects some life back into the world of British electoral politics. Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box sheds light on some of our more unusual voting trends, ranging from why people lie about voting to how being attractive can get you elected. Each of the fifty accessible and concise chapters, written by leading political experts, seeks to examine the broader issues surrounding voting and elections in Britain. It is not just about sexual secrets and skewed surveys: it illustrates the importance of women and ethnic minorities; explains why parties knock on your door (and why they don't); and shows how partisanship colours your views of everything, even pets. This fascinating volume covers everything you need to know (and the things you never thought you needed to know) about the bedroom habits, political untruths and voting nuances behind the upcoming election. 'This book is such an utterly brilliant idea it is ridiculous that no one has thought of it before ... I cannot recommend it highly enough.' John Rentoul

Sex, Lies & Feminism

Author : Peter D. Zohrab
Publisher : Peter Zohrab
ISBN 13 : 0473091542
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Sex, Lies & Feminism written by Peter D. Zohrab and published by Peter Zohrab. This book was released on 2002 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Fair Society

Author : Peter Corning
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226116271
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Fair Society written by Peter Corning and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We've been told, again and again, that life is unfair. But what if we're wrong simply to resign ourselves to this situation? Drawing on the evidence from our evolutionary history and the emergent science of human nature, this title shows that we have an innate sense of fairness.

Sex by Numbers

Author : David Spiegelhalter
Publisher : Wellcome Collection
ISBN 13 : 9781781253298
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Sex by Numbers written by David Spiegelhalter and published by Wellcome Collection. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you ever wanted to know about sex (and statistics!).

The Bare Facts

Author : Josh McDowell
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0802478387
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Bare Facts written by Josh McDowell and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex is everywhere. And misunderstandings about it are even more pervasive. Whether you have questions of your own and don’t know who to ask, or you are being asked questions and don’t know where to turn—this small book has the answers. Bestselling author and speaker, Josh McDowell believes that no question is off limits and that knowledge, not ignorance, is the key to youthful purity and a fulfilling marriage and family. This book builds on that approach with relevant, pertinent statistics, entertaining anecdotes, and real stories. This little book will be a very practical tool in the hands of anyone who is struggling, anyone who is curious, anyone who is nervous about asking a "dumb question," and most importantly, anyone who desires to learn how to honor God with his or her body. The Bible is clear on a lot of these issues and Josh's candor (and respect for young people) shines through as he shares these truths about sex. Much like Josh's apologetics books, this book will help equip a skeptical generation with the facts they are sorely missing.

Sex, Lies, & Brain Scans

Author : B. J. Sahakian
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198752881
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Sex, Lies, & Brain Scans written by B. J. Sahakian and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers what the technique of fMRI entails, and what information it can give us, showing which applications are possible today, and which ones are science fiction. It also looks at the important ethical questions these techniques raise.

Sex, Lies, and the Truth

Author : Linda L. Belleville
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608995194
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Sex, Lies, and the Truth by : Linda L. Belleville

Download or read book Sex, Lies, and the Truth written by Linda L. Belleville and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are in the midst of a rapidly changing sexual scene. Casual sex between consenting adults scarcely gets a second look, marriage is increasingly viewed as an at-will contract, attitudes toward same-sex relationships have done an about-face, and the family has been redefined in ways that challenge how we effectively minister to those inside and the church. If we as believers value our call to be the salt and light of society, then we must begin to think biblically and strategically about how to engage our sexually volatile culture. Sex, Lies, and the Truth aims to help Christians in all walks of life do just that: It addresses the question of how to develop a Christian ethic in an increasingly post-Christian society by becoming biblically informed and culturally conversant with a topic that promises to be one of the foremost challenges the church will face in the coming years.

Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

Author : Jacob Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134742770
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences written by Jacob Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistical Power Analysis is a nontechnical guide to power analysis in research planning that provides users of applied statistics with the tools they need for more effective analysis. The Second Edition includes: * a chapter covering power analysis in set correlation and multivariate methods; * a chapter considering effect size, psychometric reliability, and the efficacy of "qualifying" dependent variables and; * expanded power and sample size tables for multiple regression/correlation.

The Status of Women

Author : Vivian B. Pender
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429908091
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Status of Women written by Vivian B. Pender and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the status of women in different eras and in different areas of society. The contributors draw on their international experience to consider how women are viewed and treated in society today and offer perspectives on why the status of women and girls has not changed in some areas.

Sex, Lies and Hook Ups: a Teen's Guide for Fighting Back

Author : Anne M Badgley Med
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781484100325
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Sex, Lies and Hook Ups: a Teen's Guide for Fighting Back written by Anne M Badgley Med and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex, Lies and Hook-Ups provides teens with the skill-building tools they need to abstain from sex through valuable scientifically-derived information. The book empowers teens to better understand themselves, avoid risk and reach their potential in life. What topics are covered?Why Wait to Have Sex, Reaching Out to Your Parents, Anatomy, Sexual Abstinence=Avoiding Risk, Your Values and Goals, Media and Cultural Influences, Protecting Your Maturing Brain and Body, The Skills to Abstain from Sexual Activity Outside of Marriage, Predictors of Sexual Activity, The Biology of Love, Refuting Typical Reasons Teens Give for Having Sex, Dating Standards, Other Risky Behaviors, Sexual Abuse, Making a CommitmentWill it work? This book is written by the authors of the only abstinence-until-marriage sex education program (Heritage Keepers) recognized as effective by the US Government (http: //www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/oah-initiatives/teen_pregnancy/db/tpp-searchable.html)! Research shows that Heritage students initiated sexual activity at a rate that is 1/3 that of students who were not in the program. That is within a 450 minute program! Imagine what a purposeful approach at home could do!Please also check out our book for parents, Sex, Lies and Hook-Ups a Parent's Guide for Fighting Back, also available on Amazon!

Just as Deadly

Author : Marissa A. Harrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009158201
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Just as Deadly written by Marissa A. Harrison and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting scientific account of why and how female serial killers commit murder-and often get away with it.