03229nam a22004455i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001400153072001600167072002300183072001500206100008000221245011400301250001800415264006900433300006400502336002600566337002600592338003600618347002400654490007800678505033600756520132701092650001802419650001702437650001302454650001602467650001702483650002702500710003402527773002602561776003602587776003602623830007802659856004602737978-3-031-61284-8DE-He21320251030112618.0cr nn 008mamaa240708s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316128487 a10.1007/978-3-031-61284-82doi 4aQA276-280 7aPBT2bicssc 7aMAT0290002bisacsh 7aPBT2thema1 aStewart, Robert T.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aAdventures in Statisticsh[electronic resource] :bHow We Live in a World of Numbers /cby Robert T. Stewart.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aIX, 122 p. 14 illus., 13 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aCopernicus Books, Sparking Curiosity and Explaining the World,x2731-89900 aChapter 1. Average -- Chapter 2. Coin Flips -- Chapter 3. First Principles -- Chapter 4. Black Swans -- Chapter 5. Black Swans -- Chapter 6. Counting -- Chapter 7. Correlation -- Chapter 8. Juking the Stats -- Chapter 9. Nirvana Fallacy -- Chapter 10. Statistics Hall of Fame -- Epilogue: Top Ten Podcast Episodes about Statistics.  aThis book is about how statistics play a role in life, whether in business, psychology, biology, economics, or just about anything short of basket weaving. You cannot make a trip to the doctor, watch a football game, or even go to the grocery store without some statistic staring you down. Your age, weight, and cholesterol make you a high risk for diabetes … the chance that your team will win the game is 12.5 percent … 4 out of 5 dentists like this toothpaste. What does it all mean? Adventures in Statistics: How We Live in a World of Numbers tells you what all those numbers mean. But the book does not spit out a bunch of mathematical formulas; the book tells stories. Stories that explain statistics through popular culture, sports, and history. You’re confused about that false positive warning in that drug commercial, the 2007 comedy Juno explains how medical tests – including pregnancy tests – fail and why. Not clear about what your coworkers are talking about when they say, ‘black swans.’ the 1997 blockbuster Titanic makes sense of the concept. Adventures in Statistics: How We Live in a World of Numbers shows how professionals in medicine, business, politics, sports, and many other fields use numbers. So, just about everyone would gain from reading this book, perhaps even basket weavers. 0aStatistics . 0aMathematics. 0aHistory.14aStatistics.24aMathematics.24aHistory of Statistics.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303161283108iPrinted edition:z9783031612855 0aCopernicus Books, Sparking Curiosity and Explaining the World,x2731-899040uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61284-8