Naked statistics. The most interesting book about the most boring science

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The first book on statistics that is interesting (and useful) to read. Most people (especially college students, although after a stats class they can passionately discuss their average scores and the statistics of their favorite baseball players) consider statistics to be dull and useless science. So why is Google's chief economist calling her "sexy"? In fact, the statistics are very interesting when you talk about them like Charlie Whelan, and practical, as they answer so many important questions: How does Netflix determine which films you will like? What is the correct behavior when solving the Monty Hall Paradox? How to determine which habits and behaviors cause cancer without experimenting on people? Does it help patients to have someone pray for them? Are there economic benefits from obtaining a degree? How to identify which schools are cheating on test scores? How to compare two players in baseball (basketball, football, other game sport)? How to draw accurate conclusions about the entire population of the country by interviewing several thousand people? How can a supermarket tell you you're pregnant just by looking at a shopping list (none of which directly indicate pregnancy)? Statistics helps to make important social decisions, find hidden relationships between phenomena, better understand the situation in business and the market. Charles Whelan talks about how statistics help answer these questions and more, and he does it with humor and brilliant illustrations. For students and those who want to apply what they have learned to their work, each chapter has an appendix with basic formulas and graphs that you can skip if you just want to learn more about statistics and understand its key indicators and ideas. At the end of the book there is an overview of the main applications for working with statistical data, which will be useful to all practitioners. Who this book is for: Students who don't like or understand statistics, but want to understand them. For marketers, managers and analysts who want to understand statistics and analyze data. For anyone who is interested in how statistics work.

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Publication language: Russian

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