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Why can’t we seem to agree on facts? In this succinct volume, sociologist Joel Best turns his inimitable eye toward the social construction of what we think is true.

Every kindergarten soccer player gets a trophy. Many high schools name dozens of seniors as valedictorians - of the same class....

Startling statistics shape our thinking about social issues. But all too often, these numbers are wrong....

More Damned Lies and Statistics encourages all of us to think in a more sophisticated and skeptical manner about how statistics are used to promote causes and create fear....