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Robert Hooke
How to Tell the Liars from the Statisticians [PDF ebook]

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This book shows how statistical reasoning affects all aspects of our lives. It touches on drug testing, discrimination, sports, political polls, compulsive gambling, gun detectors, cancer research, crime and punishment, opinion surveys, advertising, mass production, and doctors’ waiting rooms.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 192 ● ISBN 9781498710442 ● Publisher CRC Press ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7125277 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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