Literature
- Singer, Max (Spring 1971). "The vitality of mythical numbers". Public Interest (23): 3–9.Online at edwardtufte.com.
- Reuter, Peter (1987). "The (continued) vitality of mythical numbers". Public Interest (75): 79–95.
- Cook, Philip J.; Jens Ludwig, David Hemenway (Summer 1997). "The gun debate's new mythical number: how many defensive uses per year?". Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 16 (3, special issue: The New Public Management in New Zealand and beyond): 463–469. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(199722)16:3<463::AID-PAM6>3.0.CO;2-F.
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