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The Art of Statistics

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David Spiegelhalter explains how statistical reasoning turns data into knowledge, using practical problems to introduce the underlying concepts. Examples range from survival on the Titanic to hospital outcomes and health screening. This popular science guide also considers how statistical claims are presented, addressing the need to interpret evidence carefully when numbers appear in public discussion.

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David Spiegelhalter

Spiegelhalter is a statistician who spent a career on how uncertainty ought to be communicated, and held the Cambridge professorship created for exactly that. He gave evidence in the Harold Shipman inquiry and in the Bristol heart surgery investigation, using statistics to establish how many deaths lay beyond chance.

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First published
2019
Reading time
About 7 hours
Pages
359
Language
English
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PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Read online