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How to make the world add up / Tim Harford.
By: Harford, Tim [author.]
.Publisher: London : The Bridge Street Press, 2020Description: 338 pages : black and white illustrations.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781408712245; 9781408712238.Other title: Ten rules for thinking differently about numbers [Spine title].Subject(s): Statistics -- Popular worksDDC classification: 519.5
Contents:
How to lie with statistics -- Rule one : search your feelings -- Rule two : Ponder your personal experience -- Rule three : avoid premature enumeration -- Rule four : step back and enjoy the view -- Rule five : get the back story -- Rule six : ask who is missing -- Rule seven : demand transparency when the computer says 'no' -- Rule eight : don't take statistical bedrock for granted -- Rule nine : remember that misinformation can be beautiful too -- Rule ten : keep an open mind -- The golden rule : be curious.
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 519.5 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 018469 |
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| 512.7 HIG Numbers : a very short introduction / | 519.3 DAV Game theory : | 519.5 HAN Statistics : a very short introduction / | 519.5 HAR How to make the world add up / | 519.5 LEV A field guide to lies and statistics : | 519.5 MAD Statistics for non-statisticians / | 519.5 SPI The art of statistics : |
How to lie with statistics -- Rule one : search your feelings -- Rule two : Ponder your personal experience -- Rule three : avoid premature enumeration -- Rule four : step back and enjoy the view -- Rule five : get the back story -- Rule six : ask who is missing -- Rule seven : demand transparency when the computer says 'no' -- Rule eight : don't take statistical bedrock for granted -- Rule nine : remember that misinformation can be beautiful too -- Rule ten : keep an open mind -- The golden rule : be curious.