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The Tyranny of Numbers: Mismeasurement and Misrule

Nicholas Eberstadt

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In this wide-ranging study, Nicholas Eberstadt demonstrates that some of the most basic of today's domestic and foreign policies have been buttressed or justified by what turns out to be misanalysis or misuse of available facts and figures. The Tyranny of Numbers not only warns about the ways the statistics are being misused in government policy in the United States and abroad but explains how this process can end up injuring vulnerable groups or distorting the workings of the democratic system.

Language: English

Pages: 275

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Release: January 01, 1995

ISBN: 084473764X

ISBN 13: 9780844737645

The Tyranny of Numbers: Mismeasurement and Misrule

Nicholas Eberstadt

3/5 ( ratings)

In this wide-ranging study, Nicholas Eberstadt demonstrates that some of the most basic of today's domestic and foreign policies have been buttressed or justified by what turns out to be misanalysis or misuse of available facts and figures. The Tyranny of Numbers not only warns about the ways the statistics are being misused in government policy in the United States and abroad but explains how this process can end up injuring vulnerable groups or distorting the workings of the democratic system.

Language: English

Pages: 275

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Release: January 01, 1995

ISBN: 084473764X

ISBN 13: 9780844737645

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