Standard Deviations Truth Flawed by Smith Gary (8 results)
Language: English
Published by Duckworth Books, United Kingdom, London, 2016
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Did you know that chicken eggs can influence how computers generate random events? Or that humans can postpone death until after important ceremonial occasions? Or live three to five years longer if they have positive initials, like ACE? All these 'facts' have been presented with a straight face…by researchers and backed up with convincing statistics.In Standard Deviations, economics professor Gary Smith walks us through the various tricks and traps we so often fall into. Today, data is so plentiful and our reliance on computer analysis and AI so entrenched that researchers spend precious little time distinguishing between good, meaningful deductions and rubbish. Not only do others use data to fool us, we fool ourselves. Drawing on breakthrough research in behavioural economics by luminaries like Daniel Kahneman and Dan Ariely, and taking to task some of the conclusions of Freakonomics, Standard Deviations demystifies the science behind the statistics. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The acclaimed, incisive analysis of our often misguided love of statistics, now fully updated to include scrutiny of emerging AI and Big Data.



