A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World - Softcover

Levitin, Daniel

 
9780241974872: A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0241974879 ISBN 13: 9780241974872
Verlag: Penguin, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

A guide to critical thinking in the 'post-truth' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized Mind

We live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, or outright lies. From unemployment figures to voting polls, IQ tests to divorce rates, we're bombarded by seemingly plausible statistics on how people live and what they think. Daniel Levitin teaches us how to effectively ask ourselves: can we really know that? And how do they know that?

In this eye-opening, accessible guide filled with fascinating examples and practical takeaways, acclaimed neuroscientist Daniel Levitin shows us how learning to understand statistics will enable you to make better, smarter judgements on the world around you.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, is a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He trained at Stanford University Medical School, The University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Oregon. He is founding dean of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the author of This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, and A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics. He divides his time between Montreal and California.

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Verlag
Penguin
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0241974879
ISBN 13 
9780241974872
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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