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Naked Statistics

Stripping the Dread from the Data

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Naked Statistics

Auteur(s): Charles Wheelan
Narrateur(s): Jonathan Davis
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Audie Award Finalist, Business/Educational, 2014

Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called "sexy". From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues to grow by leaps and bounds. How can we catch schools that cheat on standardized tests? How does Netflix know which movies you'll like? What is causing the rising incidence of autism? As best-selling author Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Statistics, the right data and a few well-chosen statistical tools can help us answer these questions and more.

For those who slept through Stats 101, this book is a lifesaver. Wheelan strips away the arcane and technical details and focuses on the underlying intuition that drives statistical analysis. He clarifies key concepts such as inference, correlation, and regression analysis, reveals how biased or careless parties can manipulate or misrepresent data, and shows us how brilliant and creative researchers are exploiting the valuable data from natural experiments to tackle thorny questions.

You’ll encounter clever Schlitz Beer marketers leveraging basic probability, an International Sausage Festival illuminating the tenets of the central limit theorem, and a head-scratching choice from the famous game show Let’s Make a Deal - and you’ll come away with insights each time. With the wit, accessibility, and sheer fun that turned Naked Economics into a best seller, Wheelan defies the odds yet again by bringing another essential, formerly unglamorous discipline to life.

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Amazingly insightful and entertaining! Loved it!

Also some great examples to supplement crusty, dry stats books.

Amazingly insightful and entertaining! Loved it!

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With excellent story-telling, the author has a knack of making statistics intuitive and fun. I took a statistics course 5+ years ago at my university and this book served as a great refresher on the basic concepts. I can also see this being helpful for anyone new to this field to get an intuitive feel of why we need statistics in the first place.

Makes statistics fun

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Made learnings fun an enjoyable. Easy to retain when real life examples are used. I’m doing at statistics class and this helps me really learn some of the material. Good intro book.

Great

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The author begins his introduction by stating that statistics is meaningful and relatable to everyday’s life. Which is true. But also says that calculus is the opposite. Which is an extremely shallow judgment.
The author assumes that only American citizens are reading his book. Using examples from baseball, American football, ... etc. If you are not familiar with American sports and economy and politics you will get lost occasionally.

narrow minded

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