Explore how an economist and author's experiences in government and academia influenced his perspective on teaching statistics effectively for a non-academic audience, detailing the purpose and target audience of his upcoming book on the subject.
There's often a gap between the textbook treatment of statistics and the cookbook treatment--how to cook up the numbers when you're in the kitchen of the real world. Jeremy Weber of the University of Pittsburgh and the author of Statistics for Public Policy hopes his book can close that gap. He talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how to use numbers thoughtfully and honestly.