Naked Statistics : Stripping the Dread from the Data

from spbooks

This book was ok. I did learn quite a few things. But the humour was a bit cheesy and I'm not entirely convinced that someone who has never done statistics would understand it all. There are quite a few terms I came across that I think should be have been explained. I guess it depends on the audi...

from markm2315

Now and then I have had to explain some statistical concept to someone who was smart but innumerate. Books like this one are an inspiration for such an endeavor, but it is surprising how much verbiage is sometimes necessary to explain the simplest equation.

from encephalical

Not bad as far as pop math goes, a bit wordy. The hardee har har humor grates.

from nmarun

My interests in Mathematics have been a little above normal for quite some time now. I took up this book to refresh my Statistical knowledge, assuming I knew quite a bit about the subject and boy was I wrong. Charles Wheelan has done an exceptional work in writing this book. The title basically t...

from NewsieQ

After reading Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise (about probability and predictions), Naked Statistics seemed like a good follow-up. It is not a statistics textbook. But the author makes readers appreciate why we all need to understand statistics and know how to recognize when data are being ...