A Panorama of Statistics: Perspectives, Puzzles and Paradoxes in Statistics

"Eric Sowey, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia"

"Peter Petocz, Department of Statistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia"

This book is a stimulating panoramic tour - quite different from a textbook journey - of the world of statistics in both its theory and practice, for teachers, students and practitioners.At each stop on the tour, the authors investigate unusual and quirky aspects of statistics, highlighting historical, biographical and philosophical...