Naked statistics: stripping the dread from the data
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Published:
New York : W.W. Norton, ©2013.
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Book
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First edition.
Physical Desc:
xviii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Unknown
ISBN:
9780393347777, 9780393071955 : HRD, 0393071952 : HRD, 9780393071955 (HRD), 0393071952 (HRD), 9780393071955, 0393071952
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Demystifies the study of statistics by stripping away the technical details to examine the underlying intuition essential for understanding statistical concepts.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Wheelan, C. J. (2013). Naked statistics: stripping the dread from the data. First edition. W.W. Norton.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wheelan, Charles J. 2013. Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread From the Data. W.W. Norton.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wheelan, Charles J, Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread From the Data. W.W. Norton, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wheelan, Charles J. Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread From the Data. First edition. W.W. Norton, 2013.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Where's the point? -- Descriptive statistics : Who was the best baseball player of all time? -- Deceptive description : "He's got a great personality!" and other true but grossly misleading statements -- Correlation : How does Netflix know what movies I like? -- Basic probability : Don't buy the extended warranty on your $99 printer -- The Monty Hall problem -- Problems with probability : How overconfident math geeks nearly destroyed the global financial system -- The importance of data : "Garbage in, garbage out" -- The central limit theorem : The Lebron James of statistics -- Inference : Why my statistics professor thought I might have cheated -- Polling : How we know that 64 percent of Americans support the death penalty (with a sampling error (plus or minus) 3 percent) -- Regression analysis : The miracle elixer -- Common regression mistakes : The mandatory warning label -- Program evaluation : Will going to Harvard change your life? -- Conclusion : Five questions thathat statistics can help answer -- Appendix : Statistical warfare. | |
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