How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)

ISBN-13: 9781474619974 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 208 str.

QC Chivers David

Recenzje

A charming, practical and insightful guide. You might not even notice how much you're learning - you'll be too busy having fun TIM HARFORD, author of HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD ADD UP

O autorze

Tom Chivers is a science writer and author. He was given Royal Statistical Society 'Statistical Excellence in Journalism' awards in 2018 and 2020, and was declared the Science Writer of the Year by the Association of British Science Writers in 2021. His two previous books are The Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy and How to Read Numbers (with David Chivers). DAVID CHIVERS is an assistant professor of economics at Durham University. Before this post he was a lecturer at the University of Oxford and completed his PhD at the University of Manchester, funded by the ESRC. He has published in academic journals such as Review of Economic Dynamics, Economic Theory and Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation. His research interests involve topics relating to inequality, growth and development.