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245	10	\|aNaked statistics :\|bstripping the dread from the data /\|cCharles Wheelan.
246	13	\|aStripping the dread from the data.
260		\|aNew York :\|bW.W. Norton,\|c2014.
300		\|axviii, 282 p. :\|bill. ;\|c21 cm.
504		\|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index.
505	0	\|aWhat's the point? -- Descriptive statistics : who was the best baseball player of all time? -- Deceptive description: "he's got a great personality!" and other true but grossly misleading statements -- Correlation : how does Netflix know what movies I like? -- Basic probability : don't buy the extended warranty on your $99 printer -- TheMonty Hall problem -- Problems with probability : how overconfident math geeks nearly destroyed the global financial system -- The importance of data : "garbage in, garbage out" -- The central limit theorem : the Lebron James of statistics -- Inference : why my statistics professor thought I might have cheated -- Polling : how weknow that 64 percent of Americans support the death penalty (with a sampling error (plus or minus) 3 percent) -- Regression analysis : the miracle elixir -- Common regression mistakes : the mandatory warning label -- Program evaluation : will going to Harvard change your life? -- Conclusion : five questions that statistics can help answer -- Appendix: Statistical software.
520		\|aDemystifies the study of statistics by stripping away the technical details to examine the underlying intuition essential for understanding statistical concepts.
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The author of the internationally best-selling Naked Economics takes on the stuffy study of statistics to describe and demystify another essential discipline by explaining how Netflix knows which movies you'll like and how to catch schools that cheat on standardized tests.
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