Author

Joel Best

17 books

Books

  1. Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists 1998
  2. Social problems 2003
  3. More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues 2004
  4. Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads 2006
13 more
  1. The Satanism scare 1991
  2. Controlling Vice: Regulating Brothel Prostitution in St. Paul, 1865-1883 1998
  3. Constructionist Social Problems 2007
  4. Kids Gone Wild: From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype Over Teen Sex 2014
  5. Stat-spotting 2008
  6. Images of issues 1995
  7. Queer Dimensions 2009
  8. Deviance 2003
  9. How Claims Spread 2001
  10. Organizing deviance 1982
  11. Troubling children 1994
  12. Student Loan Mess 2014
  13. Is That True? 2021

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  4. Robert A. Donnelly Jr. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Statistics
  5. David J. Hand The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
  6. Deborah J. Rumsey Statistics for Dummies
  7. Gary Smith Standard Deviations: Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics
  8. Randall Collins Interaction Ritual Chains

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