
How to be a data detective (Tim Harford)
Rationally Speaking Podcast
Is Outilie With Statistics a Good Book?
outilie with statistics is a great book. It's slim, a very witty guide to all the ways in which tistics can be used to mislead us. But there are two problems te the first problem is simply that all of it is a warning against mio ation. The overall tendency then just reinforces the cliche, olies, damned lies and statistics. And from there, you're into alternative facts. You're into we've had enough of experts. So that's my first criticism. Second criticism is adhominum, but i think it's relevant.
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