{"product_id":"a-panorama-of-statistics-9781119075820","title":"A Panorama of Statistics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAt each stop on the tour, the authors investigate unusual and quirky aspects of statistics, highlighting historical, biographical and philosophical dimensions of this field of knowledge.Each chapter opens with perspectives on its theme, often from several points of view. Five original and thought-provoking questions follow. These aim at widening readers' knowledge and deepening their insight. Scattered among the questions are entertaining puzzles to solve and tantalising paradoxes to explain. Readers can compare their own statistical discoveries with the authors' detailed answers to all the questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe writing is lively and inviting, the ideas are rewarding, and the material is extensively cross-referenced.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Panorama of Statistics:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLeads readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Emphatically, this is not a textbook, but it could be an immensely useful resource to teachers who wish to demonstrate the power and diversity of statistical reasoning, or set interesting tasks for their charges.\"\u003cbr\u003e(John Haigh, \u003ci\u003eSignificance\u003c\/i\u003e, Volume 14, Issue 4, August 2017)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Why is statistics such a fascinating subject? 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 How statistics differs from mathematics 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Statistical literacy – essential in the 21st century! 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Statistical inquiry on the web 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Statistical description 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Trustworthy statistics are accurate, meaningful and relevant 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Let’s hear it for the standard deviation! 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Index numbers – time travel for averages 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The beguiling ways of bad statistics I 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The beguiling ways of bad statistics II 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Preliminaries to inference 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Puzzles and paradoxes in probability 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Some paradoxes of randomness 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Hidden risks for gamblers 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Models in statistics 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The normal distribution: history, computation and curiosities 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Statistical inference 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The pillars of applied statistics I – estimation 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The pillars of applied statistics II – hypothesis testing 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 ‘Data snooping’ and the significance level in multiple testing 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Francis Galton and the birth of regression 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Experimental design – piercing the veil of random variation 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 In praise of Bayes 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Some statistical byways 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Quality in statistics 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 History of ideas: statistical personalities and the personalities of statisticians 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Statistical eponymy 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Statistical ‘laws’ 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Statistical artefacts 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Answers 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Answers to the chapter questions 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 306\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406979866967,"sku":"9781119075820","price":32.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119075820.jpg?v=1730497774","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-panorama-of-statistics-9781119075820","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}