Numbers lie. How to prevent statistics from deceiving oneself
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Reading at night reduces life. Video games provoke mass killings. The soda makes people aggressive. What?! No! Every day, media write about sensational discoveries and shocking research results. But not all of them can be believed: statistical errors, intentional falsifications and unobvious flaws, no one canceled. Due to the pandemia of Covid-19, humanity was forced to undergo an accelerated course of statistics: now we are well versed in the graphs, we heard something about the normal distribution and are familiar with the mistake of the surviving. But we still have a lot to learn: how do mathematical models work? What is the difference between absolute and relative risks? What are the ratings talking about? What is a mistake of the Texas shooter? Scientific journalist Tom Chinese and an economy at Daremsk University David Chinese, with examples of high -profile headlines of covid time, show how to prevent themselves to deceive with the help of numbers
Author:
Author:Чиверс Т., Чиверс Д
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Education & Teaching
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Reference books
- Category:Social Science & Politics
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-6046877-9-6
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