Damned Lies and Statistics
Speaker:
Joel Best
11 Apr 2018
6:00 PM
Sun Room, Memorial Union
Joel E. Best is a sociologist and the author of twenty books, including Damned Lies and Statistics, More Damned Lies and Statistics, and Stat-Spotting, all of which taught readers how to become critical consumers of quantitative information and debunked the use of statistical claims. His two most recent books, The Stupidity Epidemic and Everyone's a Winner, have respectively examined warnings about education and school quality and the proliferation of awards and honors in contemporary America. Joel Best is a professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware. Graduate & Professional Student Research Conference Keynote
In addition to his prolific scholarship, he has a strong history of mentorship, including the supervision of doctoral students, several of whom have written award-winning dissertations. Best received his master's and doctoral degrees in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's in history from the University of Minnesota. He joined the University of Delaware in 1999 and served as chair of the department 1999-2006.
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