TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spiegelhalter, D. J.,
TI  - The art of statistics: how to learn from data 
SN  - 9781541675704
AV  - QA276.12 .S654 2021
U1  - 519.5 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Popular works
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-418) and index; Introduction --; Getting things done in proportion : categorical data and percentages --; Summarizing and communicating numbers, lots of numbers --; Why are we looking at data anyway? : populations and measurement --; What causes what? --; Modelling relationships using regression --; Algorithms, analytics and prediction --; How sure can we be about what is going on? : estimates and intervals --; Probability : the language of uncertainty and variability --; Putting probability and statistics together --; Answering questions and claiming discoveries --; Learning from experience the Bayesian way --; How things go wrong --; How we can do statistics better --; In conclusion
N2  - Shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world problems. This isn't simply memorizing formulas or using the tools in a spreadsheet: he emphasizes the importance of clarifying questions, assumptions, and expectations, and--more importantly--knowing how to responsibly interpret the results the software generates.--
ER  -