Information Generation
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Information Generation by David Hand
Wherever you look, information is staring back at you. It’s on road-signs, newspapers, computer screens, even this page. When you think about it, nearly our whole lives are spent processing information and deciding what to do with it. Our actions are motivated by beliefs which are formulated depending on the data available to us. Information Generation is the story of the seminal role data plays in our lives and explains how the advance of our civilization has come hand in hand with our ability to collect and interpret data. Starting with occasional scratching on cave walls, eminent statistician David J. Hand guides us right up to the modern era where society is completely dependent on an abundance of data systems for its very survival. Teeming with varied and interesting examples of the role of data, Hand’s book offers an accessible and beautifully written account to one of the most underrated and hugely important concepts in human society today.
"Professor Hand has provided a vade mecum for navigating safely and sanely through such data barragesSprightly writing and wide-ranging historical allusions make this book a delight to read." * Toronto Star *
"The book is very absorbing and informative" * international statistical review *
"highly informative and occasionally eloquent" * The Times Literary Supplement *
"Book is well written, [it’s] clear and engaging" * Choice *
"If you are, or you want to be, a statistician, if you are teaching or learning statistics and you want to see beyond the syllabus, or if you simply wish to understand better the role that information, good and bad, plays in modern life, read this book." * Teaching Statistics *
"A door to a new research field with many insights on data and data analysis. It is an excellent narrative." * Computer Statistics, Journal of *
"The book is very absorbing and informative" * international statistical review *
"highly informative and occasionally eloquent" * The Times Literary Supplement *
"Book is well written, [it’s] clear and engaging" * Choice *
"If you are, or you want to be, a statistician, if you are teaching or learning statistics and you want to see beyond the syllabus, or if you simply wish to understand better the role that information, good and bad, plays in modern life, read this book." * Teaching Statistics *
"A door to a new research field with many insights on data and data analysis. It is an excellent narrative." * Computer Statistics, Journal of *
Author David J. Hand is Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College, London. He has written over ten books on data and statistics and been a consultant for governments around the world.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781851684458 |
| ISBN 10 | 185168445X |
| Titel | Information Generation |
| Autor | David Hand |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Oneworld Publications |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2006-10-26 |
| Seitenanzahl | 288 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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