FROM THE BOOK JACKET: From one of the great (greatest?) contemporary popular writers on economics (Tyler Cowen) comes a smart, lively, and encouraging rethinking of how to use statistics.
Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. Thats a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldnt be suspicious of statistics—we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us. If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach them clearly—understanding how our own preconceptions lead us astray—statistics can point to ways we can live better and work smarter.
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