Statistical by Anthony Reuben

Statistical by Anthony Reuben

An accessible guide to interrogating the many statistics we are bombarded by every day.

Fascinating. . timely . . . a lovely humorous undercurrent to it all -- Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail *
A refreshingly clear and engaging guide to the statistical claims all around us * Tim Harford, author of Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy & Presenter of BBC More or Less *
Having spent his journalistic career working in a newsroom, being inundated with press releases full with dodgy statistics, Reuben has learned all the ways in which numbers can tell a misleading story. In this delightful book, full of unique insights from personal experience, he warns us of the phrases to look out for, and all the questions to ask about shabby surveys and dubious economic forecasts - there's also a great chapter on how to interpret big numbers. And he advises that we all ask the big question - is this number reasonably likely to be true? * Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter *
Statistics can clarify or confuse. That's why you need to read this book * John Humphrys *

Anthony Reuben was the BBC's first Head of Statistics and now works on the corporation's fact-checking Reality Check brand, which he helped create. Anthony has 23 years' experience in journalism, and has been read by millions of readers of the BBC News website over the past 12 years. He has twice won the Royal Statistical Society's award for excellence in journalism and been shortlisted twice for the British Journalism Awards.

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ISBN 13	9781472130259
ISBN 10	1472130251
Title	Statistical
Author	Anthony Reuben
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2020-04-16
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.