Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-0-7425-1087-6 • Hardback • March 2002 • $161.00 • (£125.00)
978-0-7425-1088-3 • Paperback • February 2002 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
978-1-4616-4118-6 • eBook • February 2002 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
Philip Meyer is the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Chapter 1 The Journalism We Need
Chapter 2 Using Numbers Rationally
Chapter 3 Some Elements of Data Analysis
Chapter 4 Harnessing the Power of Statistics
Chapter 5 Computers
Chapter 6 Surveys
Chapter 7 Lurking Variables, Part I
Chapter 8 Lurking Variables, Part II
Chapter 9 Experiments: In the Lab, in the Field, and in Nature
Chapter 10 Databases
Chapter 11 How to Analyze an Election
Chapter 12 The Politics of Precision Journalism
Chapter 13 Appendix: Three Things to Measure with Census Data
Precision Journalism is a must-read for journalists intending to do in-depth reporting in the 21st century—whether it involves polling, data analysis, or understanding complex reports. This updated edition clearly explains social science methods and how to effectively use them to increase the accuracy and credibility of news stories.
— Brant Houston, University of Missouri, Columbia
Precision Journalism is the mother ship from which most other books on computer-assisted journalism were launched. Philip Meyer not only encouraged journalists to learn social science methods three decades ago, but he also provided a clear, user-friendly book to get them started. Now in its fourth edition, Precision Journalism continues to be an important resource in the arsenal of tools available to journalism educators, students, and practitioners.
— Kevin Kawamoto, University of Washington
In his professional mode, Meyer leads readers into becoming as comfortable with numbers as with words—data analysis, basic statistical procedures, constructing and interpreting surveys, using databases, and much more. At the same time he warns working journalists not to get too comfortable with numbers.
— Columbia Journalism Review
Philip Meyer's vision of 'precision journalism' as a standard of excellence for our profession is sharper than ever in this thoroughly updated and expanded edition of his classic book.
— Stephen K. Doig, Arizona State University
—An easy-to-use text for courses in basic and advanced reporting, computer-assisted reporting, and mass communication research.
—An ideal resource for showing journalism students with little math background how to effectively useand report statistics.
—A fully updated edition of the classic Precision Journalism (also known as The New Precision Journalism in its third edition), named one of the 35 most significant journalism and communication books of the twentieth century by Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.
New to this edition:
—An overview chapter addressing student skepticism about science and quantification
—A chapter on game theory, restored from the first edition
—Introductions to multiple and logistic regression
—Updates on election analysis techniques