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934676963 |
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OCoLC |
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20190729110409.0 |
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160324t20162016nyuabd b 001 0 eng |
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2016007356 |
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9780525955221 |
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(hardcover) |
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0525955224 |
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(hardcover) |
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9781101985588 |
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(export [paperback]) |
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1101985585 |
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(export [paperback]) |
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(OCoLC)934676963 |
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DLC |
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eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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YDXCP |
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BTCTA |
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BDX |
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OCLCO |
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OCLCF |
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OCLCQ |
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DAD |
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ON8 |
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BUR |
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JOY |
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pcc |
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BC177 |
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.L486 2016 |
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| Classification number |
153.4/2 |
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23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Levitin, Daniel J., |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A field guide to lies : |
| Remainder of title |
critical thinking in the information age / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Daniel J. Levitin |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, New York : |
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Dutton, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2016] |
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©2016 |
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xi, 292 pages : |
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illustrations, maps, charts ; |
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24 cm |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
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still image |
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sti |
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rdacontent |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process, especially in election season. It's raining bad data, half-truths, and even outright lies. Daniel J. Levitin shows how to recognize misleading announcements, statistics, graphs, and written reports revealing the ways lying weasels can use them |
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Outlines recommendations for critical thinking practices that meet the challenges of the digital age's misinformation, demonstrating the role of science in information literacy while explaining the importance of skeptical reasoning in making decisions based on online information |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: Thinking, critically -- Part one: Evaluating numbers. Plausibility ; Fun with averages ; Axis shenanigans ; Hijinks with how numbers are reported ; How numbers are collected ; Probabilities -- Part two: Evaluating words. How do we know? ; Identifying expertise ; Overlooked, undervalued alternative explanations ; Counterknowledge -- Part three: Evaluating the world. How science works ; Logical fallacies ; Knowing what you don't know ; Bayesian thinking in science and in court ; Four case studies -- Conclusion: Discovering your own -- Appendix: Application of Bayes' Rule. -- Glossary |
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Critical thinking |
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Fallacies (Logic) |
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Reasoning |
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