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050 0 0 _aBC177
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100 1 _aLevitin, Daniel J.,
245 1 2 _aA field guide to lies :
_bcritical thinking in the information age /
_cDaniel J. Levitin
264 1 _aNew York, New York :
_bDutton,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _axi, 292 pages :
_billustrations, maps, charts ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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520 _aWe 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
520 _aOutlines 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 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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
650 0 _aCritical thinking
650 0 _aFallacies (Logic)
650 0 _aReasoning
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