02875cam a2200313 4500 599226244 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593288801 0593288807 932e40a7-93d0-450a-8563-7a21bf3b45b1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5511028 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Harford, Tim, 1973- The Data Detective [Libby Audiobook] : Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics. Books on Tape, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 286MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 286MB. HTML:<b>From “one of the great (greatest?) contemporary popular writers on economics” (Tyler Cowen) comes a smart, lively, and encouraging rethinking of how to use statistics<i>.</i></b><br /> Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That’s a mistake, Tim Harford says in <i>The Data Detective</i>. 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.<br /> As “perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world” (<i>New Statesman</i>), Tim Harford is an expert at taking complicated ideas and untangling them for millions of readers. In <i>The Data Detective</i>, 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, <i>The Data Detective</i> is a big-idea book about statistics and human behavior that is fresh, unexpected, and insightful. Psychology. Nonfiction. Business. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/5511028-TheDataDetective.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=932e40a7-93d0-450a-8563-7a21bf3b45b1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/5511028-TheDataDetective.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=932e40a7-93d0-450a-8563-7a21bf3b45b1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)