Naked Statistics
by Charles Wheelan
Statistics for the intelligent non-mathematician: descriptive stats, probability, regression, common errors. Funny and clear.
Read it if…
you want to understand statistics without doing much math.
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Skip it if…
you want a rigorous text.
Try instead: Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much →
Three things you will actually use
- Mean and median differ.
- Correlation is not causation.
- Ask how the sample was chosen.
Do this first
Read the chapter on correlation and causation.
Our verdict
Statistics, undressed.
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