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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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2020024095 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593084595 (hbk.) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593084594 (hbk.) |
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(OCoLC)1155708075 |
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HA29 |
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.H3339 2021 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Harford, Tim, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1973- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The data detective : |
| Remainder of title |
ten easy rules to make sense of statistics / |
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Tim Harford. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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1st American ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Riverhead Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
323 p. : |
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ill. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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First published as : Great Britain as How to make the world add up: ten rules for thinking differently about numbers by the Bridge Street Press, 2020. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-306) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: How to lie with statistics -- Rule one : search your feelings -- Rule two : ponder your personal experience -- Rule three : avoid premature enumeration -- Rule four : step back and enjoy the view -- Rule five : get the backstory -- Rule six : ask who is missing -- Rule seven : demand transparency when the computer says no -- Rule eight : don't take statistical bedrock for granted -- Rule nine : remember that misfortune can be beautiful too -- Rule ten : keep an open mind -- The golden rule : be curious. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That's a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn't be suspicious of statistics-we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often "the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us." If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach them clearly-understanding how our own preconceptions lead us astray-statistics can point to ways we can live better and work smarter. As "perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world" (New Statesman), Tim Harford is an expert at taking complicated ideas and untangling them for millions of readers. In The Data Detective, he uses new research in science and psychology to set out ten strategies for using statistics to erase our biases and replace them with new ideas that use virtues like patience, curiosity, and good sense to better understand ourselves and the world. As a result, The Data Detective is a big-idea book about statistics and human behavior that is fresh, unexpected, and insightful". |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Statistics |
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Methodology. |
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Social sciences |
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Statistical methods. |
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Library of Congress Classification |
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Books |
