TY - BOOK AU - Levitin, Daniel TI - A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World SN - 9780241240007 U1 - 153.42 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books KW - Critical Thinking KW - Reasoning N1 - 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 ER -