Best, Joel. More damned lies and statistics : how numbers confuse public issues / Joel Best. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - xvii, 200 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index. Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Magical numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy? ISBN: 0520238303 (cloth : alk. paper) LCCN: 2003028076 Subjects--Topical Terms: Sociology--Statistical methods.Social problems--Statistical methods.Social indicators. LC Class. No.: HM535 / .B474 2004 Dewey Class. No.: 303.3/8