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Andrew J. Cherlin Summary

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Cherlin 's reading gives an account on how certain studies and its results can be used to reflect the particular values of the person representing the information. Andrew J. Cherlin stresses the importance of really knowing and trusting the source of ones facts and answers. Without doing so, it 's difficult to interpret the credibility of certain information. The chapter mentions one instance where a supposed fact had been shown to be unreliable through Mitch Snyder, a leading advocate for homelessness in the 1980 's. He popularized the idea that 2 to 3 Americans were homeless and it was soon discovered that the information was false and the numbers were made
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