'This marvellous book will transform your relationship with the numbers that swirl all around us' TIM HARFORD, author of The Undercover EconomistStatistics has played a leading role in our scientific
The definitive guide to statistical thinkingStatistics are everywhere, as integral to science as they are to business, and in the popular media hundreds of times a day. In this age of big data, a basi
Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalised, particularly in the med
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READ ALL ABOUT IT!David Spiegelhalter has recently joined the ranks of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking by becoming a fellow of the Royal Society. Originating from the Medical Research
