How To Read Numbers: A Guide To Statistics In The News (And Knowing When To Trust Them)
Author: QC Chivers, David, Tom Chivers
ISBN: 978-1474619974
Price: Rs. 450.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'How smartphones destroyed a generation'. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for understanding the world, but in the wrong hands they can be dangerous.
Browse this title within our Social Sciences and Education collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 208 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-1474619974.
About the Author
Tom Chivers is a science writer and author. He was given Royal Statistical Society 'Statistical Excellence in Journalism' awards in 2018 and 2020, and was declared the Science Writer of the Year by the Association of British Science Writers in 2021. His two previous books are The Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy and How to Read Numbers (with David Chivers).DAVID CHIVERS is an assistant professor of economics at Durham University. Before this post he was a lecturer at the University of Oxford and completed his PhD at the University of Manchester, funded by the ESRC. He has published in academic journals such as Review of Economic Dynamics, Economic Theory and Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation. His research interests involve topics relating to inequality, growth and development.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Students & Academic Researchers
- Language & Format
- English • Images in this review
- ISBN Reference
- 978-1474619974
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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What is this book about?
Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'How smartphones destroyed a generation'. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for...
Who should read this book?
Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’re surrounded by numbers every day, but this book teaches you how to really understand what they’re saying—and when they’re quietly misleading you. Written in a clear, engaging style, it helps you spot shaky claims, dodgy graphs, and overhyped headlines without needing advanced maths. You’ll feel more confident reading the news, sharper in discussions, and better equipped to make sense of the data-driven world around you.
- Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 208.
Catalog Description
Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'How smartphones destroyed a generation'. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for understanding the world, but in the wrong hands they can be dangerous.
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