ALSO SEE LAFLEUR'S ARTICLE ON MAPPING

The article references LaFleur's mapping analysis and recommends statistical tools like the Index of Diversity and Percentiles for journalists, along with suggested reading on data literacy and statistical analysis.

ALSO SEE LAFLEUR'S ARTICLE ON MAPPING THAT STARTS ON PAGE ONE. OTHER ANALYSIS TOOLS DISCUSSED IN LAFLEUR'S HANDOUT (#782 IN IRE's RESOURCE CENTER) INCLUDE THE INDEX OF DIVERSITY, PUNXUTAWNEY PHIL'S WEATHER INDEX, AND PERCENTILES.

SHE ALSO SUGGESTS FURTHER "LIGHT" READING:

"NEWS AND NUMBERS," BY VICTOR COHN "HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS," BY DARRELL HUFF "INNUMERACY: MATHEMATICAL ILLITERACY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES," BY JOHN ALLEN PAULOS "A MATHEMATICIAN READS THE NEWSPAPER," BY JOHN ALLEN PAULOS "THE JOURNALIST AND THE GINI COEFFIENCT: A STATISTICAL APPROACH," BY J.J. THOMPSON