The Tiger That Isn't Explained
The Tiger That Isn't |
Author: | Michael Blastland & Andrew Dilnot |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Genre: | Statistics |
Publisher: | Profile Books |
Isbn: | 978-1-86197-839-4 |
Release Date: | 2007 |
The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers is a statistics book written by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot, the creator and presenter of BBC Radio 4's More or Less. Like the radio show, it addresses the misuse of statistics in politics and the media.
The book has received favourable reviews for the simple presentation of complicated ideas.[1] [2] [3]
References
- Blastland, Michael; and Dilnot, (2007) The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers, Profile Books.
- Blastland . Michael . Dilnot . Andrew . Andrew Dilnot . The tiger that isn't: numbers in the media . . 45 . 1 December 2007 . excerpt .
Notes and References
- http://plus.maths.org/content/tiger-isnt Plus magazine
- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/aug/10/politicalbooks3 The Observer
- Holderness . Mike . 2007-09-15 . Review: The Tiger that Isn't by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot: New Scientist . New Scientist . 195 . 2621 . 57–57 . 10.1016/S0262-4079(07)62352-5.