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Published in: Society 3/2021

12-07-2021 | BOOK REVIEW

David Spiegelhalter: The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data

(Pelican, 2020), pp. 426, ISBN: 978-0241258767

Author: Michael Laver

Published in: Society | Issue 3/2021

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Once in a generation, we need a book which authoritatively but lucidly explains data analysis to the intelligent lay reader. This is that book. This is an age in which previously unimagined computational power is available to analyze previously inconceivable volumes of data. Of equal importance, it is one in which complex statistical methods can easily be deployed, using friendly software packages, by people who do not understand them. …
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Metadata
Title
David Spiegelhalter: The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data
(Pelican, 2020), pp. 426, ISBN: 978-0241258767
Author
Michael Laver
Publication date
12-07-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Society / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-021-00601-y

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