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• 020 __ |a 9780525955221 (hardcover)

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• 100 1_ |a Levitin, Daniel J., |e author

• 245 12 |a A field guide to lies : |b critical thinking in the information age / |c Daniel J. Levitin.

• 264 _1 |a New York, New York : |b Dutton, |c [2016]

• 300 __ |a xi, 292 pages : |b illustrations, maps, charts ; |c 23 cm

• 336 __ |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent

• 336 __ |a still image |b sti |2 rdacontent

• 337 __ |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia

• 338 __ |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier

• 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.

• 505 0_ |a Introduction: Thinking, critically -- Part one: Evaluating numbers. Plausibility ; Fun with averages ; Axis shenanigans ; Hijinks with how numbers are reported ; How numbers are collected ; Probabilities -- Part two: Evaluating words. How do we know? ; Identifying expertise ; Overlooked, undervalued alternative explanations ; Counterknowledge -- Part three: Evaluating the world. How science works ; Logical fallacies ; Knowing what you don't know ; Bayesian thinking in science and in court ; Four case studies -- Conclusion: Discovering your own -- Appendix: Application of Bayes' Rule. -- Glossary.

• 520 __ |a We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process, especially in election season. It's raining bad data, half-truths, and even outright lies. Daniel J. Levitin shows how to recognize misleading announcements, statistics, graphs, and written reports and the ways lying weasels can use them

• 520 __ |a Outlines recommendations for critical thinking practices that meet the challenges of the digital age's misinformation, demonstrating the role of science in information literacy while explaining the importance of skeptical reasoning in making decisions based on online information.

• 650 _0 |a Critical thinking.

• 650 _0 |a Fallacies (Logic)

• 650 _0 |a Reasoning.

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