The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data (Pelican Books) - Softcover

Spiegelhalter, David

 
9780241258767: The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data (Pelican Books)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0241258766 ISBN 13: 9780241258767
Verlag: Pelican, 2020

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'A statistical national treasure' Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2

'Required reading for all politicians, journalists, medics and anyone who tries to influence people (or is influenced) by statistics. A tour de force' Popular Science

Do busier hospitals have higher survival rates? How many trees are there on the planet? Why do old men have big ears? David Spiegelhalter reveals the answers to these and many other questions - questions that can only be addressed using statistical science.

Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalised, particularly in the media. In the age of big data, as data science becomes established as a discipline, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever.

In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter guides the reader through the essential principles we need in order to derive knowledge from data. Drawing on real world problems to introduce conceptual issues, he shows us how statistics can help us determine the luckiest passenger on the Titanic, whether serial killer Harold Shipman could have been caught earlier, and if screening for ovarian cancer is beneficial.

'Shines a light on how we can use the ever-growing deluge of data to improve our understanding of the world' Nature

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Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE is Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge. His bestselling book The Art of Statistics has been published in eleven languages. He was knighted in 2014 for services to medical statistics, was President of the Royal Statistical Society (2017 – 2018) and became a Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority in 2020.

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A guide to the power and potential of statistical science in relation to the age of big data, determining for instance the luckiest passenger on the Titanic, and whether screening for ovarian cancer is beneficial.

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Verlag
Pelican
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0241258766
ISBN 13 
9780241258767
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
448
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