Working with Numbers and Statistics: A Handbook for Journalists (repost)
Working with Numbers and Statistics: A Handbook for Journalists by Charles Livingston
English | (April 2005) | ISBN: 0805852492 | Pages: 120 | PDF | 4,8 MB
English | (April 2005) | ISBN: 0805852492 | Pages: 120 | PDF | 4,8 MB
Working With Numbers and Statistics: A Handbook for Journalists is designed to bolster the journalists' math skills and in turn improve math confidence. Authors Charles Livingston and Paul Voakes developed this resource book with the goal of improving journalistic writing and reporting, by enabling journalists to:
* make accurate, reliable computations, which in turn enables one to make relevant comparisons, put facts into perspective, and lend important context to stories;
* recognize inaccurate presentations, whether willfully spun or just carelessly relayed;
* ask appropriate questions about numerical matters;
* translate complicated numbers for viewers and readers in ways they can readily understand;
* understand computer-assisted reporting; and
* write livelier, more precise pieces through the use of numbers.