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A field guide to lies : critical thinking in the information age Cover Image Book Book

A field guide to lies : critical thinking in the information age / Daniel J. Levitin.

Levitin, Daniel J., (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525955221
  • ISBN: 0525955224
  • Physical Description: xi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Dutton, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part One: Evaluating Numbers -- Plausibility -- Fun with Averages -- Axis Shenanigans -- Hijinks with How Numbers Are Reported -- How Numbers Are Collected -- Probabilities -- Part Two: Evaluating Words -- How Do We Know? -- Identifying Expertise -- Overlooked, Undervalued Alternative Explanations -- Counterknowledge -- Part Three: Evaluating The World -- How Science Works -- Logical Failures -- Knowing What You Don't Know -- Bayesian Thinking in Science and in Court -- Four Case Studies.

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Union Carnegie Public Library 153.4 LEVITIN (Text) 37883000341079 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
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