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Author Woloshin, Steve.

Title Know your chances : understanding health statistics / Steven Woloshin, Lisa M. Schwartz, and H. Gilbert Welch.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2008]
©2008

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  614.42 WOLOSHIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  614.4 W83    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  614.42 WOLOSHIN    Check Shelf
Description 142 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-137) and index.
Contents Understanding risk -- Putting risk in perspective -- Risk charts : a way to get perspective -- Judging the benefit of a health intervention -- Not all benefits are equal : understand the outcome -- Consider the downsides -- Do the benefits outweight the downsides? -- Beware of exaggerated importance -- Beware of exaggerated certainty -- Who's behind the numbers?
Subject Health risk assessment -- Popular works.
Medical statistics -- Popular works.
Added Author Schwartz, Lisa M.
Welch, H. Gilbert.
ISBN 9780520252226 paperback alkaline paper
0520252225 paperback alkaline paper
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