1st Edition

Working With Numbers and Statistics A Handbook for Journalists

By Charles Livingston, Paul S. Voakes Copyright 2005
124 Pages
by Routledge

122 Pages
by Routledge

122 Pages
by Routledge

Working With Numbers and Statistics: A Handbook for Journalists will bolster math skills and improve math confidence for journalists at all skill levels. Authors Charles Livingston and Paul Voakes developed this resource book to improve journalistic writing and reporting, enabling journalists to: *make accurate, reliable computations, which in turn enables one to make relevant comparisons, put... Read more
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Some Fundamentals. Describing Data. Estimation. Inference: Drawing Conclusions From Data. Surveying and Experimental Design. Advanced Statistics. Cautions and Fallacies. Excel and the Internet. Writing With Numbers. Appendix.

Biography

Charles Livingston, Paul S. Voakes