Something Doesn't Add Up: Surviving Statistics in a Number-Mad World

Something Doesn't Add Up: Surviving Statistics in a Number-Mad World

Paul Goodwin
$16.95
Publication Date: September 14th, 2021
Publisher:
Ips - Profile Books
ISBN:
9781788162593
Pages:
256
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Description

A tour of the stupidest, most self-defeating, self-blinding ways in which supposedly clever people use math in everyday life.

About the Author

Paul Goodwin is a statistician, an emeritus professor at the University of Bath, and a former adviser to government departments. He has taught courses on statistics for trades union members, art curators, surgeons, actuaries, civil servants, CEOs and sixth formers, among many others. His most recent book is Forewarned: A Sceptic's Guide to Prediction.