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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Statistics can help answer questions about our world.
Chapter 3: The accuracy of data is often distorted by systematic bias.
Chapter 4: How data is presented shapes how it is interpreted.
Chapter 5: Selective reporting creates a positive bias in scientific literature.
Chapter 6: The media often favors storytelling over accuracy.
Chapter 7: Reported averages can mislead when the type of average is unclear.
Chapter 8: The statistician’s mantra: correlation does not prove causation.
Chapter 9: Probability is often badly misunderstood.
Description
The Art of Statistics (2019) is a non-technical introduction to the basic concepts of statistical science. Sidelining abstract mathematical analyses in favor of a more human-oriented approach, it explains how statistical science is helping us to answer questions and tell more informative stories. Stepping beyond the numbers, it also considers the role that the media and psychological bias play in the distortion of statistical claims. In these blinks you’ll find the tools and knowledge needed to understand and evaluate these claims.
Who Should Listen
- Statistics students looking for a non-technical overview of basic issues
- Journalists who want to report statistics more accurately
- Anyone who wants to better evaluate the statistical claims they encounter day-to-day