How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Stats in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them) by Tom Chivers, David Chivers

How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Stats in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)

Tom Chivers, David Chivers

208 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction economics science challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'How smartphones destroyed a generation'. Stat...

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