Statistics Behind the Headlines
暫譯: 標題背後的統計數據
Bailer, A. John, Pennington, Rosemary
- 出版商: CRC
- 出版日期: 2022-09-28
- 售價: $3,170
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $3,012
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 178
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 0367902532
- ISBN-13: 9780367902537
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相關分類:
機率統計學 Probability-and-statistics
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商品描述
How do you learn about what's going on in the world? Did a news headline grab your attention? Did a news story report on recent research? What do you need to know to be a critical consumer of the news you read? If you are looking to start developing your data self-defense and critical news consumption skills, this book is for you! It reflects a long-term collaboration between a statistician and a journalist to shed light on the statistics behind the stories and the stories behind the statistics. The only prerequisite for enjoying this book is an interest in developing the skills and insights for better understanding news stories that incorporate quantitative information.
Chapters in Statistics Behind the Headlines kick off with a news story headline and a summary of the story itself. The meat of each chapter consists of an exploration of the statistical and journalism concepts needed to understand the data analyzed and reported in the story. The chapters are organized around these sections:
- What ideas will you encounter in this chapter?
- What is claimed? Is it appropriate?
- Who is claiming this?
- Why is it claimed? What makes this a story worth telling?
- Is this a good measure of impact?
- How is the claim supported?
- What evidence is reported?
- What is the quality/strength of the evidence?
- Does the claim seem reasonable?
- How does this claim fit with what is already known?
- How much does this matter?
- Considering the coverage
Chapters close with connections to the Stats + Stories podcast.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
你是如何了解世界上發生的事情的？是某個新聞標題吸引了你的注意嗎？還是某則新聞報導了最近的研究？你需要知道什麼才能成為一個批判性地消費你所閱讀新聞的讀者？如果你想開始培養自己的數據自我防衛和批判性新聞消費技能，那麼這本書就是為你而寫的！它反映了一位統計學家和一位記者之間的長期合作，旨在揭示故事背後的統計數據以及統計數據背後的故事。享受這本書的唯一前提是對發展技能和洞察力以更好地理解包含定量信息的新聞故事感興趣。
新聞背後的統計的章節以新聞故事的標題和故事本身的摘要開始。每個章節的核心內容是探索理解故事中分析和報導的數據所需的統計和新聞學概念。章節圍繞以下幾個部分組織：
- 你在這一章中會遇到什麼想法？
- 所聲稱的內容是什麼？這是否合適？
- 誰在聲稱這一點？
- 為什麼會這樣聲稱？這個故事為什麼值得講述？
- 這是一個良好的影響衡量標準嗎？
- 這一聲稱是如何得到支持的？
- 報導了什麼證據？
- 證據的質量/強度如何？
- 這一聲稱看起來合理嗎？
- 這一聲稱與已知的內容如何契合？
- 這有多重要？
- 考慮報導的範圍
章節結尾與Stats + Stories播客建立聯繫。
作者簡介
A. John Bailer was University Distinguished Professor and Chair in the Department of Statistics at Miami University and an affiliate member of the Departments of Biology, Media, Journalism and Film and Sociology and Gerontology. His interests include promoting quantitative literacy and enhancing connections between statistics and journalism which resulted in the awardwinning Stats + Stories podcast that he started with journalism colleagues in 2013.
Rosemary Pennington is Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Journalism and Film at Miami University. Her research examines the ways that marginalized groups are represented in media as well as how members of such groups may use media to challenge those representations. Pennington was a public broadcasting journalist working in Athens, Ohio, and Birmingham, Alabama.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
A. John Bailer 是邁阿密大學統計系的傑出教授及系主任，同時也是生物學、媒體、新聞與電影以及社會學與老年學系的附屬成員。他的研究興趣包括促進定量素養以及加強統計學與新聞學之間的連結，這促成了他於2013年與新聞學同事共同創辦的獲獎播客《Stats + Stories》。
Rosemary Pennington 是邁阿密大學媒體、新聞與電影系的副教授。她的研究探討邊緣化群體在媒體中的表現方式，以及這些群體的成員如何利用媒體來挑戰這些表現。Pennington 曾在俄亥俄州的雅典和阿拉巴馬州的伯明翰擔任公共廣播記者。
