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Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called sexy From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real world application of statistics continues to grow by leaps and bounds How can we catch schools that cheat on standardized tests How does Netflix know which movies you ll like What is causing the rising incidence of autism As best selling author Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Statistics, the right data and a few well chosen statistical tools can help us answer these questions and.For those who slept through Stats 101, this book is a lifesaver Wheelan strips away the arcane and technical details and focuses on the underlying intuition that drives statistical analysis 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.And in Wheelan s trademark style, there s not a dull page in sight You ll encounter clever Schlitz Beer marketers leveraging basic probability, an International Sausage Festival illuminating the tenets of the central limit theorem, and a head scratching choice from the famous game show Let s Make a Deal and you ll come away with insights each time With the wit, accessibility, and sheer fun that turned Naked Economics into a bestseller, Wheelan defies the odds yet again by bringing another essential, formerly unglamorous discipline to life. New Download Naked Statistics [ author ] Charles Wheelan [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr There are many popular science books that try to teach basic statistical concepts, butoften than not they fall into the awful popular science trope of narrative over concepts that Malcolm Gladwell introduced into science writing and then Jonah Lehrer perfected into an awful, horrible art Take Nate Silver s lauded book The Signal and the Noise Each chapter is about some specific area of prediction, and along the way some statistical concepts are introduced but rarely elaborated I will There are many popular science books that try to teach basic statistical concepts, butoften than not they fall into the awful popular science trope of narrative over concepts that Malcolm Gladwell introduced into science writing and then Jonah Lehrer perfected...I couldn t get through this book, mainly because I know too much about statistics and I know too much about the specific examples he gives to illustrate his points Unfortunately, while at times Wheelan does convey the underlying concepts of probability and statistics in a way that would help you understand them at a basic level, he does so in what I would regard as a patronizingly oversimplified way If you compare this book to Nate Silver s book on prediction or, indeed, to the book he says mo I couldn t get through this book, mainly because I know too much about statistics and I know too much about the specific examples he gives to illustrate his points Unfortunately, while at times Wheelan does convey the underlying concepts of probability and statistics in a way that would help you understand them at a basic level, he does so in what I would regard as a patronizingly oversimplified way If you compare this book to Nate Silver s book on prediction or, indeed, to the book he says motivated him How to Lie with Statistics , this book simply doesn t deliver the goods It clothes the concepts of statistics in yet an...I have already talked about statistics here, and not in good terms It was mostly related to Nicholas Nassim Taleb s works, The Black Swan and Antifragile But this does not mean statistics are bad They may just be dangerous when used stupidly It is what Charles Wheelan explains among other things in Naked Statistics Naked Statistics belongs to the group of Popular Science Americans often have a talent to explain science for a general audience Wheelan has it too So if you do not know about I have already talked about statistics here, and not in good terms It was mostly related to Nicholas Nassim Taleb s works, The Black Swan and Antifragile But this does not mean statistics are bad They may just be dangerous when used stupidly It is what Charles Wheelan explains among other things in Naked Statistics Naked Statistics belongs to the group of Popular Science Americans often have a talent to explain science for a general audience Wheelan has it too So if you do not know about or hate the concepts of mean average, standard deviation, probability, regression analysis, and even central limit theorem, you may change your mind after reading his book Also you will be explained the Monty Hall problem or equivalent Three Prisoners problem or why it is sometimes better even if counterintuitive to change your mind.Finally Wheelan illustrates why statis...A solid five star If only I had had Charles Wheelan as my college statistics professor The synopsis on Goodreads was a good review,so I ll save some ink here These were all basic statistic concepts, from probability to regression While breaking down the basic concepts, Wheelan sought to caltivate intuition around them And he did a fantastic job Better yet, he made me chuckle all the time with those funny, sometimes provocative real life examples.Some of the examples, like the route cause A solid five star If only I had had Charles Wheelan as my college statistics professor The synopsis on Goodreads was a good review,so I ll save some ink here These were all basic statistic concepts, from probability to regression While breaking down the basic concepts, Wheelan sought to caltivate intuition around them And he did a fantastic job Better yet, he made me chuckle all the time with those funny, sometimes provocative real life examples.Some of the examples, like the route cause of the 2008 financial crisis and the Monty Hall problem, have been widely telegraphed I d as..., , , , , , , , This book is brilliant Although, I d say that I already have a relatively solid statistics background currently doing computational biology and machine learning research , I got a lot out of it Beyond the basic concepts sampling, central limit theorem, hypothesis testing, linear and multiple linear r...A nota foi 3, porque n o poss vel colocar 3.5 timo livro pra quem est come ando ou apenas se interessa por estat stica Eu estava buscando exatamente um livro como esse para entender melhor conceitos t cnicos O objetivo n o era aprender estat stica a fundo, o que voc n o faria com esse livro, mas entender que estat stica, de verdade, dif cil, n o pela matem tica envolvida, mas porque quem faz estat stica precisa ser atenta, sagaz e sensata O livro vai ficando cada vez mais t cnico da me A nota foi 3, porque n o poss vel colocar 3.5 timo livro pra quem est come ando ou apenas se interessa por estat stica Eu estava buscando exatamente um livro como esse para entender melhor conceitos t cnicos O objetivo n o era aprender estat stica a fundo, o que voc n o faria com esse livro, mas entender que estat stica, de verdade, dif cil, n o pela matem tica envol...This is not the most exciting book ever, but it s wayexciting than you would think for a book about statistics More importantly, people YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS STUFF This is how you separate the lies from the damn lies from the nonsense tha...An amusing, clear, and even fun introduction to basic statistics and probability, this gem explains foundational concepts and provides compelling examples to illuminate them It covers correlation, normal distributions, the central limit theorem, significance, standard error, multiple regression, and so on in a way that math phobes can likely handle without panic attacks I wish I had read this before taking grad stats The truth is that students of statistics today can use Excel, SPSS, Stata an An amusing, clear, and even fun introduction to basic statistics and probability, this gem explains foundational concepts and provides compelling examples to illuminate them It covers correlation, norma...Another good Wheelan, similar to Naked Economics Undressing the Dismal Science There are a few topics that overlap a bit, but the author does a good job of keeping them separate This has much of the personal anecdotes history that make the topicinteresting, and the author includessilly scenarios in this one which keep you engaged, such as the continually missing crashing buses of marathon runners and sausage festival attendees Unfortunately, the third quarter of the book Another good Wheelan, similar to Naked Economics Undressing the Dismal Science There are a few topics that overlap a bit, but the author does a good job of keeping them separate This has much of the personal anecdotes history that make the topicinteresting, and the author includessilly scenarios in this one which keep you engaged, such as the continually missing crashing buses of marathon runners and sausage festival attendees Unfortunately, the third quarter of the boo...

Naked Statistics
  • English
  • 22 July 2017
  • Paperback
  • 282 pages
  • 039334777X
  • Charles Wheelan
  • Naked Statistics