Overview
Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. Thatās a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldnāt be suspicious of statisticsāwe need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often āthe only way of grasping much of what is going on around us.ā If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach them clearlyāunderstanding how our own preconceptions lead us astrayāstatistics can point to ways we can live better and work smarter.
As āperhaps the best popular economics writer in the worldā (New Statesman), Tim Harford is an expert at taking complicated ideas and untangling them for millions of readers. In The Data Detective, he uses new research in science and psychology to set out ten strategies for using statistics to erase our biases and replace them with new ideas that use virtues like patience, curiosity, and good sense to better understand ourselves and the world. As a result, The Data Detective is a big-idea book about statistics and human behavior that is fresh, unexpected, and insightful.
This book title, The Data Detective (Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics) - 9780593084663, ISBN: 9780593084663, by Tim Harford, published by Penguin Publishing Group (February 1, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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