Spotting Dubious Data

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Listen Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 at 1:06 p.m. in Economy, Education, Politics, Society

How to tell "real" numbers from "fake" ones, and useful statistics from those that tell you little. Sociologist Joel Best explores just how easily statistics are used in the media to mislead -- and you can fight back.

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Joel Best

Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware; and author "Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide To Identifying Dubious Data (Univ. of California)

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