A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World

By:

Levitin, Daniel

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Penguin Books 2016 LondonDescription: 292pISBN:

9780241240007

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DDC classification:

153.42 LEV

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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

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