A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World
Levitin, Daniel
A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World - London Penguin Books 2016 - 292p
Part I: Evaluating Numbers
1. Plausibility
2. Fun with Averages
3. Axis Shenanigans
4. Hijinks with How Numbers Are Reported
5. How Numbers Are Collected
6. Probabilities
Part II: Evaluating Words
7. How Do We Know?
8. Identifying Expertise
9. Overlooked, Undervalued Alternative Explanations
Part III: Evaluating the World
10. How Science Works
11. Logical Fallacies
12. Knowing What You Don't Know
13. Bayesian Thinking in Science and in Court
14. Four Case Studies
9780241240007
Critical Thinking
Reasoning
153.42 / LEV
A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World - London Penguin Books 2016 - 292p
Part I: Evaluating Numbers
1. Plausibility
2. Fun with Averages
3. Axis Shenanigans
4. Hijinks with How Numbers Are Reported
5. How Numbers Are Collected
6. Probabilities
Part II: Evaluating Words
7. How Do We Know?
8. Identifying Expertise
9. Overlooked, Undervalued Alternative Explanations
Part III: Evaluating the World
10. How Science Works
11. Logical Fallacies
12. Knowing What You Don't Know
13. Bayesian Thinking in Science and in Court
14. Four Case Studies
9780241240007
Critical Thinking
Reasoning
153.42 / LEV