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050 04 $aB837$b.B47 2020
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100 1 $aBergstrom, Carl T.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aCalling bullshit :$bthe art of skepticism in a data-driven world /$cCarl T. Bergstrom & Jevin D. West.
264 1 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c[2020]
300 $a1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) :$billustrations
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338 $aonline resource$bcr$2rdacarrier
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385 $aGeneral$2tlctarget
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"The world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act. Based on Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West's popular course at the University of Washington, Calling Bullshit is a modern handbook to the art of skepticism. Bergstrom, a computational biologist, and West, an information scientist, catalogue bullshit in its many forms, explaining and offering readers the tools to see through the obfuscations, deliberate and careless, that dominate every realm of our lives. They instruct readers to ask: Who is saying it? How do they know? What do they have to gain by persuading me? Are the numbers or results too good or too dramatic to be true? Is the claim comparing like with like or apples and oranges? Is it confirming your personal bias? In this lively guide to everything from misleading statistics to "fake news," Bergstrom and West help you recognize bullshit whenever and wherever you encounter it--in data, in conversation, even within yourself--and explain it to your crystal-loving aunt or casually racist uncle. Now more than ever, calling bullshit is crucial to a properly functioning community, whether it be a circle of friends, a network of academics, or the citizenry of a nation"--$cProvided by publisher.
588 $aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 07, 2020).
505 0 $aBullshit everywhere -- Medium, message, and misinformation -- The nature of bullshit -- Causality -- Numbers and nonsense -- Selection bias -- Data visualization -- Calling bullshit on Big Data -- The susceptibility of science -- Spotting bullshit -- Refuting bullshit.
650 0 $aSkepticism.
650 12 $aData Accuracy.
650 12 $aTrust.
650 22 $aBig Data.
650 22 $aData Analysis.
650 22 $aDissent and Disputes.
650 7 $aPSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSkepticism.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01119940
655 0 $aElectronic books.
655 4 $aElectronic books.
700 1 $aWest, Jevin D.$q(Jevin Darwin),$d1977-$eauthor.
776 08 $iPrint version:$aBergstrom, Carl T..$tCalling bullshit$bFirst edition.$dNew York : Random House, 2020.$z9780525509189$w(DLC) 2020003592
856 40 $uhttp://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio14975259$zAll EBSCO eBooks
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