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

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Daniel J. Levitin has a PhD in Psychology! training at Stanford University Medical School and the University of California! Berkeley. He is the author of the No. 1 bestseller This Is Your Brain on Music (Dutton! 2006)! published in nineteen languages! and the bestsellers The World in Six Songs (Dutton! 2008) and The Organized Mind (Viking! 2014). Currently he is a James McGill Professor of Psychology! Behavioral Neuroscience and Music at McGill University in Montreal! Canada. Klappentext 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. In a world where anyone can become an expert at the click of a button! being able to see through the tricks played with statistics is more necessary than ever before. Daniel Levitin teaches us how to effectively ask ourselves: can we really know that? And how do they know that? In this eye-opening! entertaining and accessible guide filled with fascinating examples and practical takeaways! acclaimed neuroscientist Daniel Levitin shows us how learning to understand statistics will enable you to make quicker! better-informed decisions to simplify your life.

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Authors Daniel Levitin, Daniel J. Levitin
Publisher Viking
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.09.2016
 
EAN 9780241240007
ISBN 978-0-241-24000-7
No. of pages 292
Dimensions 152 mm x 233 mm x 22 mm
Series Viking
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Business

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