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A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World

ISBN 
9780241974872
Format 
Paperback
Recommended Price 
R295.00
Published 
March 2018
About the book: 
We live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, or outright lies. From unemployment figures to voting polls, IQ tests to divorce rates, we're bombarded by seemingly plausible statistics on how people live and what they think. Bestselling neuroscientist Daniel Levitin teaches us how to effectively ask ourselves: can we really know that? And how do they know that? 
 
This eye-opening, accessible guide teaches you how to: 
-carry out quick plausibility tests
-understand how numbers are reported
-separate experts from pseudo-experts. 
 
Daniel Levitin shows us how understanding statistics will enable you to make quicker, smarter decisions about the world around you.
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