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Damned Lies and Statistics

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Publisher
University of California Press
Language
English
Published
2012
  • Statistical methods
  • Social indicators
  • Sociology
  • Social problems
  • Public opinion & polls
  • Sociology--statistical methods
  • Mass media
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Nineteenth-century Americans worried about prostitution; reformers called it "the social evil" and warned that many women prostituted themselves.