Re: [Marxism] statistics for students?

[Michael Smith <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:04:48 -0400
Michael Friedman <lycophidion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A friend asked me to teach a course for her this summer, titled, The Nature
> of Science. It's a masters level class in the education department at the
> City College of N.Y. The students are mostly high school science teachers.
> I've basically inherited the syllabus from my friend and modified it a
> little. I'd like to do a class on the use, misuse, abuse and non-use of
> statistics in science. Can anyone (especially you educators out there)
> suggest of an activity 

Not an activity, but a fine old book, still (I'm glad to say) in 
print: How To Lie With Statistics --

http://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728

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Michael Smith
mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org

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