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Index
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Risk: Life’s Question Mark
Chapter 2 Measurement: The Alchemist’s Base
MEASUREMENT SCALE
PRACTICAL LAWS OF MEASUREMENT
Chapter 3 Statistics: Numbers Looking for an Argument
MORE STATISTICS YIELDS MORE ______?
FACTS OR STATISTICS?
INSIGHTS FROM STATISTICAL INFORMATION
HOW STATISTICS SHOULD BE REPORTED: RULES OF THUMB
SCIENTIFIC STUDIES: CAVEAT EMPTOR
NEWS MEDIA STATISTICS
Chapter 4 The Value of Life and Limb, Statistically Speaking
Chapter 5 The Evolution of Risk
Chapter 6 Frequency and Severity: Weighing the Risk
Chapter 7 What’s in a Risk? Perception Creates Risk Reality
WHAT INFLUENCES OUR PERCEPTIONS OF RISK? THE LONG LIST
WHAT INFLUENCES OUR PERCEPTIONS OF RISK? THE SHORT LIST
PERCEPTION OF RISK: SOCIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES
PERCEPTIONS OF RELATIVE RISK: AN ASSESSMENT EXAMPLE
NOT ALL RISKS ARE PERCEIVED AS EQUAL
Chapter 8 Risk, Regulation, and Reason
Chapter 9 Earth, Air, and Water: The Not-So-Bare Essentials
Chapter 10 Food . . . for Thought
FARMLAND
FARM PRODUCTION
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
DISTRIBUTION
CONSUMPTION
HEALTH
Chapter 11 Flying: The Not-So-Wild Blue Yonder
Chapter 12 Risk on the Roads
OCCUPANT PROTECTION
SPEEDING
ALCOHOL
DISTRACTIONS
YOUNG DRIVERS
LARGE TRUCKS
Chapter 13 An Incomplete List of Life’s Risks
AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF LIFE’S RISKS
TOP TEN CAUSES OF DEATH: 2006 STATISTICS
WORLD FOOD RISK
Index
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