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The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics (original 2020; udgave 2021)

af Tim Harford (Forfatter)

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"Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That's a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn't be suspicious of statistics-we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often "the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us." If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach them clearly-understanding how our own preconceptions lead us astray-statistics can point to ways we can live better and work smarter. As "perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world" (New Statesman), Tim Harford is an expert at taking complicated ideas and untangling them for millions of readers. In The Data Detective, he uses new research in science and psychology to set out ten strategies for using statistics to erase our biases and replace them with new ideas that use virtues like patience, curiosity, and good sense to better understand ourselves and the world. As a result, The Data Detective is a big-idea book about statistics and human behavior that is fresh, unexpected, and insightful"--… (mere)
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Titel:The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
Forfattere:Tim Harford (Forfatter)
Info:Riverhead Books (2021), 336 pages
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Nøgleord:Economics, Probability, Statistics

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The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics af Tim Harford (2020)

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Good. Easy to read. Became a little formulaic by the end so I skimmed the last 2 or 3 rules. Basically a book giving good examples of common errors when dealing with statistics. Most useful: ask questions like, “is that a big number,” compare like things. Be curious about what or who is being left out and check your emotions—always know what you *want * the data to show and proceed with caution.
1 stem BookyMaven | Dec 6, 2023 |
Tim Harford is an economist, best known to the general public as presenter and participant in television and radio programmes such as BBC's "Trust Me, I'm an Economist". Indeed, "How to Make the World Add Up" often references the BBC 4 "More or Less", a programme about the accuracy of numbers and statistics in the public domain. The book takes a similar approach, in that, without in any way undermining the usefulness of statistics in understanding the world around us, Harford approaches the subject with a healthy scepticism. He sets out ten rules which can help the reader question public statements based on statistics and arrive at realistic conclusions unbiased by personal prejudice or media and political spin. ( )
  JosephCamilleri | Feb 21, 2023 |
The science behind data collecting and reporting. ( )
  autumnesf | Feb 4, 2023 |
Very well written guide to help average people read, understand, and question statistics they may run across. Totally non-technical, with gentle understated humor, there are no formulas and nothing to frighten a math-phobe. He also makes it clear he’s not out to debunk statistics. His position is that statistics are a great tool to understand reality, but they’re frequently imperfect, so it’s good for us non-technical people to understand how they can go wrong. He ends up with a nice chapter about how as consumers of statistics our best strength is our curiosity. (In my reviews I often carp that the last chapter or two of non fiction books are substandard - not with this book, it’s uniformly enlightening and enjoyable to read.) ( )
  steve02476 | Jan 3, 2023 |
Rather than throwing out all statistics as lies, this book aims to arm the reader with skills that can make sense of statistics instead. Honestly, I found it to be very much like other books I've read about statistics, except laced with optimism. I found the author's takedown of social psych studies important, but felt a little annoyed when he justified some of his arguments with them. (One of them I had serious questions about how the researchers were able to group people into different subjective categories -- I was sick while reading the book, so did not keep good notes.)

Definitely a good read if you're interested in the "lies, damn lies and statistics" debate. Also worth reading: Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms, Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide, and The Matter of Facts: Skepticism, Persuasion, and Evidence in Science. ( )
  lemontwist | Jun 26, 2022 |
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"Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That's a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn't be suspicious of statistics-we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often "the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us." If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach them clearly-understanding how our own preconceptions lead us astray-statistics can point to ways we can live better and work smarter. As "perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world" (New Statesman), Tim Harford is an expert at taking complicated ideas and untangling them for millions of readers. In The Data Detective, he uses new research in science and psychology to set out ten strategies for using statistics to erase our biases and replace them with new ideas that use virtues like patience, curiosity, and good sense to better understand ourselves and the world. As a result, The Data Detective is a big-idea book about statistics and human behavior that is fresh, unexpected, and insightful"--

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