How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trus

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE How to Read Numbers by Tom Chivers, David Chivers A short, practical, timely guide to the tools you need to understand the numbers we read in the news everyday - and how we often get them wrong FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes itll be obvious - X people develop cancer every year - and sometimes less obvious - How smartphones destroyed a generation. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for understanding the world, but in the wrong hands they can be dangerous.Introducing you to the common mistakes that journalists make and the tricks they sometimes deploy, HOW TO READ NUMBERS is a vital guide that will help you understand when and how to trust the numbers in the news - and, just as importantly, when not to. Author Biography Tom Chivers is a science writer and author. He was awarded the Royal Statistical Society statistical excellence in journalism award in 2018, and was highly commended for the same prize in 2017; he has also been shortlisted for the Association of British Science Writers award and a British Journalism Award in science writing, and won the American Psychological Society media award, all in 2017. His first book, The AI Does Not Hate You: Superintelligence, Rationality and the Race to Save the World, was declared one of The Times science books of 2019. David Chivers is an assistant professor of economics at Durham University. Before this post he was a lecturer at the University of Oxford and completed his PhD at the University of Manchester, funded by the ESRC. He has published in academic journals such as Review of Economic Dynamics, Economic Theory and Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation. His research interests involve topics relating to inequality, growth and development. Review A charming, practical and insightful guide. You might not even notice how much youre learning - youll be too busy having fun -- TIM HARFORD, author of HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD ADD UPA vital plea to take statistics more seriously - the prose being as clear and elegant as the numbers -- SATHNAM SANGHERA, author of EMPIRELANDReading this book is strongly correlated with not looking stupid. Highly recommended -- HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult WomenAn excellent guide to everyday statistics . . . the authors do a splendid job of stringing words together so smartly that even difficult concepts are explained and so understood with ease. [A] timely and lively book -- Manjit Kumar * THE TIMES *Wonderfully written - incredibly readable. It should be made compulsory reading for everyone before they leave school -- EVAN DAVISAn erudite, enlightening guide to the numbers we read in the news - and why they are so often wrong. The authors make sense of dense material and offer engrossing insights into sampling bias, statistical significance and the dangers of believing the casual language used in newspapers * INDEPENDENT *[A] fascinating, easy-to-read explanation of how to interpret numbers in the news . . . their enlightening book provides us with the tools to spot when were being led astray -- Nick Rennison * DAILY MAIL *An absolute lifesaver . . . Breezy, easy to read, funny and loaded with useful information -- IAN DUNT, author of HOW TO BE A LIBERALA great combination of important and accessible -- MISHAL HUSAINBrilliant . . . part of the joy of How to Read Numbers is how light and fun it is. At the end of the process, youll be better equipped to understand what it means when a glass of red wine can both increase and decrease your chances of getting cancer, how many portions of fruit and veg you need to eat each day, and any number of stories about numbers you might read or hear * THE BIG ISSUE * Long Description Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes itll be obvious - X people develop cancer every year - and sometimes less obvious - How smartphones destroyed a generation. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for understanding the world, but in the wrong hands they can be dangerous.Introducing you to the common mistakes that journalists make and the tricks they sometimes deploy, HOW TO READ NUMBERS is a vital guide that will help you understand when and how to trust the numbers in the news - and, just as importantly, when not to. Review Quote A vital plea to take statistics more seriously - the prose being as clear and elegant as the numbers Promotional "Headline" A short, practical, timely guide to the tools you need to understand the numbers we read in the news everyday - and how we often get them wrong Details ISBN1474619975 Author David Chivers Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1474619975 ISBN-13 9781474619974 Format Paperback Publication Date 2022-03-31 UK Release Date 2022-03-31 Publisher Orion Publishing Co Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 208 Subtitle A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them) DEWEY 519.5 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education NZ Release Date 2022-08-29 AU Release Date 2022-08-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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