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.
And in Wheelan s trademark style, there s not a dull page in
sight. 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 bestseller, Wheelan
defies the odds yet again by bringing another essential, formerly
unglamorous discipline to life."
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