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How To Read Numbers: A Guide To Statistics In The News
Rs. 2,990.00
QC Chivers, David, Tom Chivers
A charming, practical and insightful guide. You might not even notice how much you’re learning – you’ll be too busy having fun
A vital plea to take statistics more seriously – the prose being as clear and elegant as the numbers
Reading this book is strongly correlated with not looking stupid. Highly recommended
An excellent guide to everyday statistics . . . the authors do a splendid job of stringing words together so smartly that even difficult concepts are explained and so understood with ease. [A] timely and lively book ― THE TIMES
Wonderfully written – incredibly readable. It should be made compulsory reading for everyone before they leave school
An erudite, enlightening guide to the numbers we read in the news – and why they are so often wrong. The authors make sense of dense material and offer engrossing insights into sampling bias, statistical significance and the dangers of believing the casual language used in newspapers ― INDEPENDENT
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About the author
David Chivers is an assistant professor of economics at Durham University. Before this post he was a lecturer at University of Oxford and completed his PhD from the University of Manchester which was funded by the ESRC. He has published in academic journals such as Review of Economic Dynamics, Economic Theory and Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation. His research interests involve topics relating to inequality, growth and development. He tweets via @dave_chivers
Book Specifications
Title: How To Read Numbers: A Guide To Statistics In The News
Author: QC Chivers, David, Tom Chivers
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Weight: 186g
Published Year: 2022
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 978-1474619974
Dimensions: 12.6 x 0.6 x 19.6 cm
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