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Nei secoli la statistica ha svolto un ruolo di primo piano nella comprensione scientifica del mondo, e quotidianamente ognuno di noi sperimenta in quali innumerevoli modi le affermazioni statistiche determinano la nostra vita o vengono abilmente sfruttate da parte dei media e dei centri di potere. Nell'era in cui i big data si affermano come disciplina fondamentale del mondo dell'economia, della finanza e in tutti gli aspetti della vita politica e sociale, essere consapevoli delle basi della statistica è piú importante che mai. Con questo libro, semplice e autorevole insieme, David Spiegelhalter guida il lettore attraverso i principî essenziali di un universo fondamentale quanto sconosciuto. Partendo da casi particolari della vita di tutti i giorni per introdurre ai concetti generali, Spiegelhalter ci mostra quanto la statistica possa contribuire per esempio a catturare un serial killer prima che colpisca ancora o a individuare il passeggero più fortunato del Titanic o a capire quanto uno screening medico sia veramente necessario. E poi, quanti alberi ci sono sul pianeta? Davvero gli ospedali con più pazienti hanno tassi di sopravvivenza più alti?
- ISBN: 8806246623
- Casa Editrice: Einaudi
- Pagine: 320
- Data di uscita: 03-11-2020
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When I am not writing witty and informative reviews on Goodreads/Amazon my day job is as a Government statistician. Therefore when offered the opportunity to read this book I thought it would be useful for me to do so. And I do believe it is helping me in my work. I am thinking more about how best t Leggi tutto
Long ago I worked for a consulting firm and was assigned to look at the help desk tickets of a large government agency. They wanted to see if computer-related productivity losses could be reduced through better training, different procedures, or automated solutions to common problems. I analyzed thre Leggi tutto
Pretty good, but there are a few chapters where the author basically goes "I'm not explaining this very well, but I know you won't get it so let's just move on". I also wish there were a few more "digital" / web analytics cases, but that's just because it would help me. Overall, an interesting and us Leggi tutto
This amazing piece can somewhat be seen as the equivalent of Angrist&Pischke's "Mastering Metrics" for bread and butter statistical problems instead of intuitive econometrics. It covers everything one has to know when it comes to scientific studies that rely on data. All aspects and elements are tou Leggi tutto
Statistika / tikimybės yra toks anti-intuityvus dalykas, kad skaityti apie ją – tai kaip žiūrėti „Mythbusters“, tik su daugiau matematikos. Tiesa, matematikos šioje knygoje nedaug, bet daug „realaus pasaulio“ pavyzdžių, kaip suprasti ir interpretuoti statistinius duomenis, „ką ištyrė britų mokslinin Leggi tutto
Most statistics books introduce basic concepts only and focus on sensational examples of applications or misapplications of these techniques in the real world and "gotcha" problem sets. This book actually attempts a comprehensive coverage of all statistical techniques and their advantages and pitfall Leggi tutto
Do statins reduce heart attacks and strokes? Do speed cameras reduce accidents? Is prayer effective? Why do old men have big ears? Are more boys born than girls? Does the Higgs boson exist? Was Richard III buried in a Leicester parking lot? The Art of Statistics is a nicely packaged introductory course in Leggi tutto
I really wanted to like this book. But at times it felt like it’s trying to cover too much ground and a lot of it not deep enough. Often times more technical details would have aided proper understanding of the subject. It was also quite surprising to see supervised learning being defined as classifi Leggi tutto
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