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Author: Professor Gary Smith (Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth) ,
Timothy Andr Pabon
Publisher: Gildan Media Corporation
Imprint: Gildan Media Corporation
ISBN: 9781469037233
ISBN 10: 1469037238
Publication Date: 11 July 2017
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A very entertaining book about a very serious problem. We deceive ourselves all the time with statistics, and it is time we wised up. -- Robert J. Shiller, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics How not to be deceived by lies masquerading as statistics...This should be required reading for everyone living in this age of (too much?) information. -- Arthur Benjamin, professor of mathematics and bestselling author of Secrets of Mental Math I know of no other book that explains important concepts such as selection bias in such an entertaining and memorable manner. -- Richard J. Murnane, Thompson Professor of Education and Society, Harvard Graduate School of Education An approachable and effective means to arm oneself against the onslaught statistical hyperbole in our modern age. -- Bryan White, Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc.
"""A very entertaining book about a very serious problem. We deceive ourselves all the time with statistics, and it is time we wised up."" -- ""Robert J. Shiller, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics"" ""An approachable and effective means to arm oneself against the onslaught statistical hyperbole in our modern age."" -- ""Bryan White, Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc."" ""How not to be deceived by lies masquerading as statistics...This should be required reading for everyone living in this age of (too much?) information."" -- ""Arthur Benjamin, professor of mathematics and bestselling author of Secrets of Mental Math"" ""I know of no other book that explains important concepts such as selection bias in such an entertaining and memorable manner."" -- ""Richard J. Murnane, Thompson Professor of Education and Society, Harvard Graduate School of Education"""
I know of no other book that explains important concepts such as selection bias in such an entertaining and memorable manner. -- Richard J. Murnane, Thompson Professor of Education and Society, Harvard Graduate School of Education How not to be deceived by lies masquerading as statistics...This should be required reading for everyone living in this age of (too much?) information. -- Arthur Benjamin, professor of mathematics and bestselling author of Secrets of Mental Math An approachable and effective means to arm oneself against the onslaught statistical hyperbole in our modern age. -- Bryan White, Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. A very entertaining book about a very serious problem. We deceive ourselves all the time with statistics, and it is time we wised up. -- Robert J. Shiller, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Author Information
Gary Smith is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics at Pomona College in Claremont, California. He received his doctorate in economics from Yale University and taught there as assistant professor for seven years. Smith has won two teaching awards and has authored more than seventy academic papers, nine textbooks, and seven educational software programs. Timothy Andres Pabon is an English- and Spanish-speaking voice-over artist who has worked extensively in advertising and audiobook narration.
