TY - BOOK AU - Cohn,Victor AU - Cope,Lewis AU - Cohn Runkle,Deborah ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - News & numbers: a writer's guide to statistics AV - RA407 .C64 2012eb U1 - 614.4/20727 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Malden PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Public health KW - Statistics KW - Environmental health KW - Vital statistics KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Where we can do better -- Certainty of uncertainty -- Testing the evidence -- What's a good study -- Your questions and peer review -- A guide to the second half of news & numbers -- Tests and drug trials -- Vital statistics -- Health costs, quality and insurance -- Our environment -- Writing about risks -- Polls -- Statistical savvy for many types of news -- Epilogue; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10494510 ER -