Statistics for Social Change is a broadly accessible introduction tostatistical techniques and their misuse in explaining everyday life situations.Each chapter ... » 

Statistics for Social Change is a broadly accessible introduction tostatistical techniques and their misuse in explaining everyday life situations.Each chapter of the book is divided into two parts. In the first part there isa step by step explanation of statistical techniques including the logic ofstatistics percentages graphs averages index numbers variabilityprobability estimation regression and correlation analysis.In the second part the authors provide applications of these techniques aswell as show how they are abused by the advertising industry the media andthe government when selling their products and policies to the American people.This is a book for everyone who wants to get a handle on the world and the waysit is statistically distorted. «