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The art of statistics : how to learn from data / David Spiegelhalter.

Summary:

Shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world problems. This isn't simply memorizing formulas or using the tools in a spreadsheet: he emphasizes the importance of clarifying questions, assumptions, and expectations, and--more importantly--knowing how to responsibly interpret the results the software generates.

Record details

ISBN: 9781541618510
ISBN: 1541618513
Physical Description: xvi, 426 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First US edition.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published in March 2019 by Pelican, an imprint of Penguin Books, in the United Kingdom."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-418) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Getting things done in proportion : categorical data and percentages -- Summarizing and communicating numbers, lots of numbers -- Why are we looking at data anyway? : populations and measurement -- What causes what? -- Modelling relationships using regression -- Algorithms, analytics and prediction -- How sure can we be about what is going on? : estimates and intervals -- Probability : the language of uncertainty and variability -- Putting probability and statistics together -- Answering questions and claiming discoveries -- Learning from experience the Bayesian way -- How things go wrong -- How we can do statistics better -- In conclusion.