A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World
Autor Daniel Levitinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2018
We live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, or outright lies. From unemployment figures to voting polls, IQ tests to divorce rates, we're bombarded by seemingly plausible statistics on how people live and what they think. Daniel Levitin teaches us how to effectively ask ourselves: can wereallyknow that? And how dotheyknow that?
In this eye-opening, accessible guide filled with fascinating examples and practical takeaways, acclaimed neuroscientist Daniel Levitin shows us how learning to understand statistics will enable you to make better, smarter judgements on the world around you.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241974872
ISBN-10: 0241974879
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241974879
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, is a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He trained at Stanford University Medical School, The University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Oregon. He is founding dean of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the author of This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, and A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics. He divides his time between Montreal and California.
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The world is awash with data, but not always with accurate information. [Levitin] does a terrific job of illustrating the difference between the two with precision and delightful good humour
Deservedly a bestseller
Smart, important, exquisitely written
The Organized Mindis the perfect antidote to the effects of information overload. Loved it.
Daniel Levitin's field guide is a critical thinking primer for our shrill, data-drenched age.From the way averages befuddle to the logical fallacies that sneak by us,every page is enlightening
Valuable tools for anyone willing to evaluate claims and get to the truth of the matter
As a lucid guide to critical thinking about statistics, information and assertion it is profoundly welcome
The world is awash with data, but not always with accurate information. [Levitin] does a terrific job of illustrating the difference between the two with precision and delightful good humour
Deservedly a bestseller
Smart, important, exquisitely written
The Organized Mindis the perfect antidote to the effects of information overload. Loved it.
Daniel Levitin's field guide is a critical thinking primer for our shrill, data-drenched age.From the way averages befuddle to the logical fallacies that sneak by us,every page is enlightening
Valuable tools for anyone willing to evaluate claims and get to the truth of the matter
As a lucid guide to critical thinking about statistics, information and assertion it is profoundly welcome