Three must reads in statistics:
Huff. How to Lie with Statistics
Tukey. Exploratory Data Analysis
Tufte. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
dearieme
Agreed, djc. Plus that last also gives an aesthetic thrill.
dearieme
On the subject of dodgy statistics, or at least dodgy statisticians: trust no statistician who, writing for the lay public, uses “significant” or “explains” without any warning about their technical meanings.
2. They come from a politician.
This 60 year old book is still fantastically appropriate:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics
The pdf is available somewhere online; I downloaded it before.
No need for the pdf: we own two copies. 🙂
There are many formats here.
Three must reads in statistics:
Huff. How to Lie with Statistics
Tukey. Exploratory Data Analysis
Tufte. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Agreed, djc. Plus that last also gives an aesthetic thrill.
On the subject of dodgy statistics, or at least dodgy statisticians: trust no statistician who, writing for the lay public, uses “significant” or “explains” without any warning about their technical meanings.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/19/uk-digital-skills-lagging-behind-other-countries-barclays-report
37% of workers in India would be comfortable building a website.
Basically everyone who has access to the internet in the country then.