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Probably Overthinking It : How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statist...
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- Probably Overthinking It : How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better Decisions, Hardcover by Downey, Allen B., ISBN 0226822583, ISBN-13 9780226822587, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
"Teacher, data scientist, and blogger Allen B. Downey knows well that the human mind has both an innate ability to understand statistics and to be fooled by them. Statistically speaking, you will be less popular than your friends, arrive at a train station during a gap in service, and fail to find a running mate in a race. But more than surprising us, errors in statistical thinking, Downey shows, can have a huge impact. Statistical confusion has led to incorrect patient prognoses, caused mistakes in predicting disasters like earthquakes, hurt vaccination programs, hindered social justice efforts, and led to dubious policy decisions. Written for those who may have once taken a statistics course, but now forget almost everything they've learned, th includes a diversity of examples that use real data and have real world impacts. Building understanding incrementally, Downey engagingly and accessibly helps readers understand what we might learn when we get the mathematics right, and the consequences when we get it all wrong"--
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