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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- © 2007 Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments
- ISSN
- 0261-1929
- eISSN
- 2632-3559
- DOI
- 10.1177/026119290703500602
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
ATLA 35, 701–702, 2007 701 Book Review THE TIGER THAT ISN’T: SEEING THROUGH A WORLD tioners. Furthermore, staying with the speed camera OF NUMBERS example, it is explained how chance can be, and has been, Michael Blastland & Andrew Dilnot used to increase success rates. The authors propose vigi- Paperback, 184pp., £12.99 lance and stamina as countermeasures, so as to avoid Profile Books, London, 2007 having chance, or those who ally with her, outwit us. ISBN 978 1 86197 839 4 The next chapter about averages calls again on our mindfulness. Averages are presented as a powerful, but The Tiger That Isn’t: Seeing Through a World of Numbers also easy-to-abuse, summary measurement. To make is the latest manifestation of an idea to have numbers on sense of an average, what is summarised has to be clearly the radio. First, the idea found a place on BBC Radio 4 as defined. In addition, the importance of an accompanying the programme More or Less, which has been broadcasted measure of variability is emphasised. Here, the authors for several years. From More or Less and the audience present one of the most simple and intriguing examples of response to it, the programme’s
Journal
Alternatives to Laboratory Animals – SAGE
Published: Dec 1, 2007