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Irrationality, Bad Science and other misdemeanours
IrrationalityIrrationality by Stuart Sutherland
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Published by us, Pinter & Martin, this is regarded by many as the finest book on the subject.
Bad ScienceBad Science by Ben Goldacre
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Ben Goldacre's fine attack on irrationality in reporting science news.
Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better HealthcareTesting Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare by Imogen Evans
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Also published by us, a 'terrific little book' according to the BMJ
How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based MedicineHow to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine by Trisha Greenhalgh
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Recommended by Goldacre in Bad Science.
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its ConsequencesInnumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos
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One of Stuart Sutherland's favourites, referenced in Irrationality.
How to Lie with Statistics (Penguin Business)How to Lie with Statistics (Penguin Business) by Darrell Huff
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How to lie with Statistics
How We Know What isn't So: Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday LifeHow We Know What isn't So: Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich
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How we know what isn't so
Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology)Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology) by Daniel E. Moerman
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Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with UncertaintyReckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty by Gerd Gigerenzer
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