The Art of Statistics : How to Learn from Data

David Spiegelhalter

ISBN 10: 1541675703 / ISBN 13: 9781541675704

Verlag: Basic Books Aug 2021, 2021

Beschreibung

Neuware - 'Originally published in March 2019 by Pelican, an imprint of Penguin Books, in the United Kingdom'--Title page verso.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781541675704

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Art of Statistics : How to Learn from Data
• Verlag: Basic Books Aug 2021
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1541675703
• ISBN-13: 9781541675704
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

In this "important and comprehensive" guide to statistical thinking (New Yorker), discover how you can use data and mathematics to gain a better understanding of life’s biggest problems.  

 

The age of big data has made statistical literacy more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world problems. Whether we're analyzing preventative medical screening or the terrible crime sprees of serial killers, Spiegelhalter teaches us how to clarify questions, assumptions, and expectations and, most importantly, how to interpret the answers we receive. Combining the incomparable insight of an expert with the playful enthusiasm of an aficionado, The Art of Statistics is the definitive guide to the power of data.

 

"A call to arms for greater societal data literacy . . . a reminder that there are passionate, self-aware statisticians who can argue eloquently that their discipline is needed now more than ever." -- Financial Times

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Spiegelhalter is a British statistician and chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. In 2014 he was knighted for his services to statistics, and from 2017 to 2018 he served as president of the Royal Statistical Society. He lives in the United Kingdom.