Description: Further DetailsTitle: Statistics for Public PolicyCondition: NewSubtitle: A Practical Guide to Being Mostly Right (or at Least Respectably Wrong)ISBN-10: 0226825655EAN: 9780226825656ISBN: 9780226825656Publisher: University of Chicago PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/13/2024Description: A long-overdue guide on how to use statistics to bring clarity, not confusion, to policy work. Statistics are an essential tool for making, evaluating, and improving public policy. Statistics for Public Policy is a crash course in wielding these unruly tools to bring maximum clarity to policy work. Former White House economist Jeremy G. Weber offers an accessible voice of experience for the challenges of this work, focusing on seven core practices: Thinking big-picture about the role of data in decisions Critically engaging with data by focusing on its origins, purpose, and generalizability Understanding the strengths and limits of the simple statistics that dominate most policy discussions Developing reasons for considering a number to be practically small or large Distinguishing correlation from causation and minor causes from major causes Communicating statistics so that they are seen, understood, and believed Maintaining credibility by being right (or at least respectably wrong) in every setting Statistics for Public Policy dispenses with the opacity and technical language that have long made this space impenetrable; instead, Weber offers an essential resource for all students and professionals working at the intersections of data and policy interventions. This book is all signal, no noise.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 454gAuthor: Jeremy G. WeberGenre: Business & FinanceItem Width: 20mmRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Statistics for Public Policy
Title: Statistics for Public Policy
Subtitle: A Practical Guide to Being Mostly Right (or at Least Respectably
ISBN-10: 0226825655
EAN: 9780226825656
ISBN: 9780226825656
Release Date: 02/13/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Business & Finance
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Statistics for Public Policy : A Practical Guide to Being Mostly Right (or at Least Respectably Wrong)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2024
Subject: Probability & Statistics / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Statistics
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Jeremy G. Weber
Subject Area: Mathematics, Political Science, Business & Economics
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Hardcover
