Naked statistics. The most interesting book about the most boring science. Charles Wylan

The first book on statistics, which is interesting (and useful) to read.

Most people (especially for students, although after a couple of statistics they can passionately discuss their average points and statistical indicators of their favorite baseball players) Statistics of a dull and useless science. So why does Google's chief economist call her “sexual”?

, in fact, statistics are very interesting if you talk about it as Charlie Wylan, and is practical, as it answers a lot of important questions:

- How does Netflix define what films you like?

- What behavior is correct when solving the "Monti Hall Paradox"?

- How to determine what habits and behavior cause Cancer, without putting experiments in public?

- Does patients help that someone prays for them?

- Are there any economic benefits from obtaining a degree?

- How to determine which schools are fraught with test results?

- How to compare two players in baseball (basketball, football, another game sport)?

- How to make accurate conclusions about the entire population of the country, interviewing several thousand people?

- How can a supermarket define pregnancy only by the list of purchases (not one of which is directly indicated for pregnancy)?

Statistics helps to accept Important social decisions, find hidden relationships between phenomena, it is better to understand the situation in business and the market.

Charles Wylan talks about how statistics helps find answers to these and other questions, and does it with humor and brilliant visual examples.

for students and those who want to apply the acquired knowledge in work, each chapter has an application with the main formulas and graphs that can be missed if you just want to learn more about statistics and understand its key Indicators and ideas.

At the end of the book there is a review of the main applications for working with statistical data that will come in handy for all practices.

for whom this book is

- for students who do not like and do not understand statistics, but want to figure it out.

- for marketers, managers and analysts who want to understand statistical indicators and analyze the data.

- for all who is interested in how statistics are arranged.