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Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics | Tim Harford
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From "one of the great (greatest?) contemporary popular writers on economics" (Tyler Cowen) comes a smart, lively, and encouraging rethinking of how to use statistics. Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead (…more)
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A nice light read examining how we react to statistics, how to look for manipulation of and holes in data, and how to keep discourse open.

I found this book via 99% Invisible, which hosted an episode of Hartford‘s podcast Cautionary Tales.

Bonus Zelda pic: #catsoflitsy

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“The power to not collect data is one of the most important and little-understood sources of power that governments have...By refusing to amass knowledge in the first place, decision-makers exert power over the rest of us.” ~ Anna Powell Smith

bookseller_cate I‘m amused that my census package coincidentally arrived yesterday... 4y
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Feeling so much better this morning! 😌

It could be that I felt so bad yesterday because I didn‘t sleep at all well the nights before and after the vaccine. 😷 Last night, I pretty much slept like a log.

Planning to spend today switching between The Data Detective and the Korolev biography. With luck, I‘ll finish them both. 💚📚

Have a wonderful day everyone!

LeahBergen Glad to hear you‘re feeling better! 4y
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Not much reading today due to still recovering from vaccine symptoms, but after several naps I‘m feeling better and should be mostly normal by morning. 😁

Paused the Korolev bio for something lighter — that is also due back at the library on Thursday. 😆📚

Bonus Zelda pic: #catsoflitsy