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A Note to Our Readers | p. vii |
A Tribute to Victor Cohn, 1919-2000 | p. ix |
Foreword | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Notes on Sources | p. xv |
Learning the Basics | p. 1 |
A Guide to Part I of News & Numbers | p. 2 |
Where We Can Do Better | p. 3 |
The Certainty of Uncertainty | p. 8 |
Testing the Evidence | p. 15 |
What Makes a Good Study? | p. 37 |
Your Questions and Peer Review | p. 54 |
Now Down to Specifics | p. 69 |
A Guide to Part II of News & Numbers | p. 70 |
Tests and Drug Trials | p. 71 |
Vital Statistics | p. 83 |
Health Costs, Quality, and Insurance | p. 97 |
Our Environment | p. 108 |
Writing About Risks | p. 124 |
Polls | p. 133 |
Statistical Savvy for Many Types of News | p. 145 |
Epilogue | p. 161 |
Glossary | p. 163 |
Bibliography | p. 170 |
Index | p. 173 |
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