THE ART OF STATISTICS HOW TO LEARN FROM DATA

THE ART OF STATISTICS HOW TO LEARN FROM DATA

Shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world problems. This isn't simply memorizing formulas or using the tools in a spreadsheet: he emphasizes the importance of clarifying questions, assumptions, and expectations, and -- more importantly -- knowing how to responsibly interpret the re...

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Main Author: Spiegelhalter, D. J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Basic Books 2019
Edition:First US edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Getting things in proportion: Categorical data and percentages
  • 2. Summarizing and communicating numbers. Lots of numbers
  • 3. Why are we looking at data anyway? Populations and measurement
  • 4. What causes what?
  • 5. Modelling relationships using regression
  • 6. Algorithms, analytics and prediction
  • 7. How sure can we be about what is going on? Estimates and intervals
  • 8. Probability: The language of uncertainty and variability
  • 9. Putting probability and statistics together
  • 10. Answering questions and claiming discoveries
  • 11. Learning from experience the Bayesian way
  • 12. How things go wrong
  • 13. How we can do statistics better
  • 14. In conclusion.

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