Big fat liars : how politicians, corporations, and the media use science and statistics to manipulate the public /: how politicians, corporations, and the media use science and statistics to manipulate the public. (©2005)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Big fat liars : how politicians, corporations, and the media use science and statistics to manipulate the public /: how politicians, corporations, and the media use science and statistics to manipulate the public. (©2005)
- Main Title:
- Big fat liars : how politicians, corporations, and the media use science and statistics to manipulate the public
- Further Information:
- Note: Morris E. Chafetz.
- Other Names:
- Chafetz, Morris E
- Contents:
- The danger of generalization -- It's all point of view -- I'm okay and if you were like me, you would be okay, too -- Playing god as an institutional right -- The new gods don't know either -- The environmental mess -- Global warming : more heat than light -- Behavior as disease -- Alcohol and alcoholism -- Mushrooms and the misuse of the public health model -- Doctors always get it right, right? -- Correlation as causation -- Bad science and tobacco -- Addiction -- Obesity -- Revolt against the machines -- The attack on business -- Terrorism and other worries -- The money factor -- The assault on personal responsibility -- Dealing with guilt -- Refusing to sell your soul -- The only expert on you is you.
- Publisher Details:
- Nashville, Tenn : Nelson Current
- Publication Date:
- 2005
- Copyright Date:
- 2005
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xv, 334 pages)
- Subjects:
- 306.4/2
Knowledge, Sociology of
Expertise -- Social aspects
Self-esteem
Expertise -- Social aspects
Knowledge, Sociology of
Self-esteem
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781418576936
- Related ISBNs:
- 141857693X
1595550089
9781595550088 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references pages (309-314) and index.
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