Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00CH7FWWU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 191 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bought for supplemental information in a Stat class I received this as gift to help me with a Stat class I was taking. It does well explaining basic statistical concepts in plain English with a startling lack of numbers in the examples. Where a traditional textbook fails in explaining it's material and it's relevance, this book excels. I had hoped it would reconcile my difficulties understanding regressional a. Fun statistics book. Yes, really! This is a very readable and entertaining statistics book. Yes really, it is fun. I took a statistics class in graduate school, where I learned all the formulas and calculations. Honestly, I learned more from this book because it tells you when and how to apply your new knowledge. It's funny, and is filled with practical examples. I'm still not totally convinc. Excellent Read! This book not only gives great insight into the realm of statistics, but delivers it in a fashion that is very easy to read. Wheelan explains the basics concepts in statistics, from probability to regression, with such simplicity. Though I personally already had a large amount of knowledge in the field of statistics prior to reading this book, i found myself
Audie Award Finalist, Business/Educational, 2014Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called "sexy". He clarifies key concepts such as inference, correlation, and regression analysis, reveals how biased or careless parties can manipulate or misrepresent data, and shows us how brilliant and creative researchers are exploiting the valuable data from natural experiments to tackle thorny questions. Wheelan strips away the arcane and technical details and focuses on the underlying intuition that drives statistical analysis. From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-worl