Opis: Introducing Statistics - Eileen Magnello, Borin Van Loon

From the medicine we take, the treatments we receive, the aptitude and psychometric tests given by employers, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear to even the beer we drink, statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. For the media, statistics are routinely 'damning', 'horrifying', or, occasionally, 'encouraging'. Yet, for all their ubiquity, most of us really don't know what to make of statistics. Exploring the history, mathematics, philosophy and practical use of statistics, Eileen Magnello - accompanied by Bill Mayblin's intelligent graphic illustration - traces the rise of statistics from the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Chinese, to the censuses of Romans and the Greeks, and the modern emergence of the term itself in Europe. She explores the 'vital statistics' of, in particular, William Farr, and the mathematical statistics of Karl Pearson and R.A. Fisher.She even tells how knowledge of statistics can prolong one's life, as it did for evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, given eight months to live after a cancer diagnoses in 1982 - and he lived until 2002. This title offers an enjoyable, surprise-filled tour through a subject that is both fascinating and crucial to understanding our world.

Szczegóły: Introducing Statistics - Eileen Magnello, Borin Van Loon

Tytuł: Introducing Statistics
Podtytuł: A graphic guide
Autor: Eileen Magnello, Borin Van Loon
Wydawnictwo: Icon Books
Kod paskowy: 9781848310568
ISBN: 99868104034KS
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2009
Ilość stron: 176
Format: 12.0x17.0cm
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.155 kg

Recenzje: Introducing Statistics - Eileen Magnello, Borin Van Loon