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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface to the 2013 Paperback Edition
Introduction
Section 1: POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND THE NATION
Lani “Quota Queen” Guinier: Voting, Power, and Mathematics
Bosnia: Is It Vietnam or World War II?: Psychological Availability and Anchoring Effects
Recession Forecast If Steps Not Taken: Unpredictability, Chaos, and Pooh-Poohing the Pooh-Bahs
Afta Nafta, Lafta; Free Traders Exult: Headlines and the Inverted Pyramid
Pakistan’s Bhutto Gambles in Trade Negotiations: On Dice and Bluffing
Clinton, Dole in Sparring Roles: Who’s News and Grammar Checkers
Iraqi Death Toll Unknown: Benchmark Figures in War, Crisis, and the Economy
D’Amato Agrees Hillary Most Honest Person Clinton Knows: Ambiguity and Nonstandard Models
Fraud Alleged in Pennsylvania Senate Race: Political and Mathematical Regression
Cult Members Accuse Government of Plot: Newspapers, Coincidences, and Conspiracy Theories
Section 2: LOCAL, BUSINESS, AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Company Charged with Ethnic Bias in Hiring: Test Disparities Need Not Imply Racism
SAT Top Quartile Score Declines: Correlation, Prediction, and Improvement
Guns Will Soon Kill More Than Cars: Comparability and Intensity
Abortion Activists Bomb Clinic: Prohibitions and Arithmetical Arguments
DNA Fingers Murderer: Life, Death, and Conditional Probability
Darts Trounce the Pros: Luck and the Market
Cellular Phones Tied to Brain Cancer: Multiplication, Health, and Business
GM Trucks Explode on Side Collision: From Pity to Policy
The $32 Billion Pepsi Challenge: Advertising and Numerical Craftiness
Brief Fads Dominate Toy Industry: S-Curves and Novelty
Area Residents Respond to Story: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
Researchers Look to Local News for Trends: The Present, the Future, and Ponzi Schemes
Section 3: LIFESTYLE, SPIN, AND SOFT NEWS
A Cyberpunk Woody Allen: How to Write a Profile of the Fledgling Celebrity
Tsongkerclintkinbro Wins: Everybody’s Got an Angle
Florida Dentist Accused of Intentionally Spreading AIDS: Rumors, Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, and National Obsessions
Interlude: Selves, Heroes, and Dissociation
Candidates Contradict Each Other’s Denials: Self-Reference, Intentions, and the News
Special Investigator Says Full Story Not Told: Compressibility and the Complexity Horizon
Newspaper Circulation Down: Factoids on Tabloids
Computers, Faxes, Copiers Still Rare in Russia: Information and the Commissars
Section 4: SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Ranking Health Risks: Experts and Laymen Differ: The Dyscalculia Syndrome
Asbestos Removal Closes NYC Schools: Contaminated Mountains Out of Mole Spills
Super Collider a Waste of Money: Science Journalism and Advocacy
Harvard Psychiatrist Believes Patients Abducted by Aliens: Mathematically Creating One’s Own Pseudoscience
FDA Caught Between Opposing Protesters: Statistical Tests and Confidence Intervals
Senators Eye Hawaii Health Care Plan: Scaling Up Is So Very Hard to Do
Breakthrough Forecast by End of Decade: You Can’t Know More Than You Know
Rodent Population Patterns Difficult to Fathom: Ecology, Chaos, and the News
More Dismal Math Scores for U.S. Students: X, Y, and U
Section 5: FOOD, BOOK REVIEWS, SPORTS, OBITUARIES
761 Calories, 428 Mgs. Sodium, 22.6 Grams of Fat per Serving: Meaningless Precision
Top Designs for the Busy Working Woman: Fashion, Unpredictability, and Toast
Agassi Wins Again: Scoring and Amplifying Differences
New Survey Reveals Changing Attitudes: Societal Gas Laws
Near-Perfect Game for Roger Clemens: How Many Runs in the Long Run
Bucks County and Environs: A Note on Maps and Graphic Games
Ask About Your Mother-in-Law’s Lladro: Explanations, Advice, and Physics
Garden Club Gala: Incidence Matrices on the Society Pages
Ten Reasons We Hate Our Bosses: Lists and Linearity
Stallone on Worst-Dressed List: Traits and Rates
New Biography Fills Much-Needed Gap: Books and News
Which Way Mecca?: Religion in the Paper
R. L. Vickler, 85, Aide to Truman: The Length of Obituaries
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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