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  "id": "1996-april-suggested-books-on-statistics",
  "slug": "1996-april-suggested-books-on-statistics",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-april-suggested-books-on-statistics.html",
  "year": 1996,
  "month": "April",
  "monthNum": 4,
  "headline": "Suggested books on statistics",
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  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "Philip Meyer recommends essential statistics and data analysis books for journalists, and provides instructions for subscribing to online discussion forums for SAS and SPSS software users.",
  "keywords": [
    "statistics",
    "software",
    "data"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Journalism & Newsroom"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "SPSS",
    "SAS"
  ],
  "full_text": "Here are several books suggested by Philip Meyer: \"SPSS Guide to Data Analysis\" by Marija J. Norusis, whom Meyer says is currently the best writer on statistics; \"Data Analysis for Politics and Policy\" by Edward Tufte; \"Primer of Statistics for Political Scientists\" by V.O. Key Jr.\n\nFor a lively discussion on the use of SAS software, subscribe to SAS-L by sending e-mail to listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu Your message should read: subscribe SAS-L yourname. To tune into an SPSS discussion, subscribe to SPSSX-L by sending e-mail to listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu Your message should read: subscribe SPSSX-L yourname.",
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
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