Precision journalism : a reporter's introduction to social science methods /
Meyer, Philip.
Precision journalism : a reporter's introduction to social science methods / Philip Meyer. - 4a ed. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. - viii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Journalism We Need -- 2. Using Numbers Rationally -- 3. Some Elements of Data Analysis -- 4. Harnessing the Power of Statistics -- 5. Computers -- 6. Surveys -- 7. Lurking Variables, Part I -- 8. Lurking Variables, Part II -- 9. Experiments: In the Lab, in the Field, and in Nature -- 10. Databases -- 11. How to Analyze an Election -- 12. The Politics of Precision Journalism -- Appendix.
0742510875 (alk. paper) 9780742510876 (alk. paper) 0742510883 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742510883 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Journalism.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
PN 4775 / M613p 2002
070.4
Precision journalism : a reporter's introduction to social science methods / Philip Meyer. - 4a ed. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. - viii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Journalism We Need -- 2. Using Numbers Rationally -- 3. Some Elements of Data Analysis -- 4. Harnessing the Power of Statistics -- 5. Computers -- 6. Surveys -- 7. Lurking Variables, Part I -- 8. Lurking Variables, Part II -- 9. Experiments: In the Lab, in the Field, and in Nature -- 10. Databases -- 11. How to Analyze an Election -- 12. The Politics of Precision Journalism -- Appendix.
0742510875 (alk. paper) 9780742510876 (alk. paper) 0742510883 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742510883 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Journalism.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
PN 4775 / M613p 2002
070.4