The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data

Statistics have played a vital role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, but we all know how sensational statistical claims can be, especially in the media. The author of The Art of Statistics introduces readers to the basic principles needed to extract knowledge from data. He shows how statistics can help us determine who was the luckiest passenger on the Titanic, whether serial killer Harold Shipman could have been caught earlier, how many trees there are on the planet, and why old people have big ears. Spiegelhalter provides answers to these and many other questions that can only be answered with the help of statistical science.