TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spiegelhalter,D.J.
TI  - The art of statistics: how to learn from data 
SN  - 9781541618510
AV  - QA276.12 S654 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Statistics
N1  - Getting things in proportion: categorical data and percentages -- Summarizing and communicating numbers. Lots of numbers. Why are we looking at data anyway? Populations and measurement -- What causes what? -- Modeling relationships using regression -- Algorithms, analytics, and prediction -- How sure can we be about what is going on? Estimates and intervals -- Probability- the language of uncertainty and variability -- Putting probability and statistics together -- Answering questions and claiming discoveries -- Learning from experience the Bayesian way -- How things go wrong -- How we can do statistics better -- In conclusion
N2  - In The Art of Statistics, world-renowned statistician David Spiegelhalter shows readers how to derive knowledge from raw data by focusing on the concepts and connections behind the math. Drawing on real world examples to introduce complex issues, he shows us how statistics can help us determine the luckiest passenger on the Titanic, whether a notorious serial killer could have been caught earlier, and if screening for ovarian cancer is beneficial. The Art of Statistics not only shows us how mathematicians have used statistical science to solve these problems -- it teaches us how we too can think like statisticians. We learn how to clarify our questions, assumptions, and expectations when approaching a problem, and -- perhaps even more importantly -- we learn how to responsibly interpret the answers we receive
ER  -