01806nam a22002657a 4500 20240426143026.0 240426b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2019944285 9781541675704 HSLRC HSLRC HSLRC QA276.12 .S65 2019 Spiegelhalter, D.J. 51149 author The art of statistic : how to learn from data / David J. Spiegelhalter First edition New York : Basic Books, c2019 xvi, 426 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-418) and index. Introduction Getting things done in proportion : categorical data and percentages -- Why are we looking at data anyway? : populations and measurement -- What causes what? -- Modelling relationships using regression -- Algorithms, analytics and prediction -- How sure can we be about what is going on? : estimates and intervals -- Probability : the language of uncertainty and variability -- Putting probability and statistics together -- Answering questions and claiming discoveries -- Learning from experience the Bayesian way -- How things go wrong -- How we can do statistics better -- Shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world problems. This isn't simply memorizing formulas or using the tools in a spreadsheet: he emphasizes the importance of clarifying questions, assumptions, and expectations, and--more importantly--knowing how to responsibly interpret the results the software generates.-- Statistics Popular works 51150 lcc BK CIR QA276.12 .S65 2019 94968 94968 0 0 lcc 0 0 HSLRC HSLRC CIR 2024-04-26 1119.00 1 QA276.12 .S65 2019 HS14307 2026-03-23 00:00:00 2026-03-09 1 2024-04-26 BK