Data in Society: Challenging Statistics in an Age of Globalisation - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447348214 ISBN 13: 9781447348214

Verlag: Policy Press, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

This book analyses the explosion of data sources, global trends and the changing role of the state, the economy, and healthcare provision. It addresses controversies in data construction, analysis, dissemination, and access / ownership. The authors examine the power of data to shape everyday socio-political discourse, its use by private and governmental organisations, the media and politicians, and the important role of statistics in exposing injustices and shaping social progress.

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Jeff Evans is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Middlesex University, UK. He researches the public understanding of statistics, and influences on adults' mathematical learning. Sally Ruane is Reader in Social Policy and the Director of the Health Policy Research Unit in the School of Applied Social Sciences at De Montfort University, UK. Humphrey Southall is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Portsmouth, UK, and directs the Great Britain Historical GIS. He researches the origins of Britain's north-south divide and promotes public engagement with historical statistics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1447348214
• ISBN 13: 9781447348214
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 414
• Herausgeber: Evans Jeff, Ruane Sally, Southall Humphrey
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