TITLE

HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS

AUTHOR(S)

Murray, Charles

PUB. DATE

February 1986

SOURCE

National Review;2/28/1986, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p39

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reprints an edited version of the author's letter to the "Wall Street Journal" written in response to efforts to dismiss his thesis that in destroying families and thus communities, welfare does more harm than good. Author's publication of "Losing Ground"; Demonstration of how simple statistics can be misused; Robert Greenstein's assertion that illegitimacy was going up while welfare dependency was falling.

ACCESSION #

12491998

Tags: PUBLIC welfare;  STATISTICS;  FAMILY services;  ILLEGITIMACY;  LOSING Ground (Book)

 

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