Statistics for Beginners: How easy it is to lie with statistics in business, social science, politics, criminology and law - Rilegato

Mather, Bob

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 192230090X ISBN 13: 9781922300904

Casa editrice: Bob Mather, 2019

Riassunto

Big Brother is watching you. Discover how statistics can be used to control our society.
Have you ever wondered what your neighbor does every morning at 8:35 am, when you hear weird sounds coming from his balcony?

Did you ever realize that the “likes“ you put on other people´s Instagram account will influence the next summer collection of Zara, H&M and Nike?

Are you aware that whenever you swipe your credit card in the supermarket, you are not only paying with money, but you are giving valuable personal data away for free?

The science of collecting, analyzing and interpreting data became a powerful tool to get useful information about humans and their environment. 

Personal data has more value than ever and yet you leave terabytes of it for free on your devices or floating around in your cloud. 

Not only do Google and Facebook harvest billions from using your data for advertising, but talented hackers have also created a luxurious living from stealing and selling your data.
By now our entire world is build around reliable statistics.
Ummm. Reliable?

If I tell you baldness raises the cardiovascular disease risk up to 70%, it is a true fact.
What I forgot to mention is baldness and old age are related. So what is the cause of cardiovascular diseases? Baldness or old age?
Statistics can be misleading and manipulating.
Yet there are incredible examples of how statistics helped to solve crimes and find a serial killer.

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Recensione

"This book makes it easier to understand how everything we see including statistics can't always be believed. Data can be manipulated or biased on order to achieve certain results....the audiobook gives a peek into this phenomena...is was enjoyable and entertaining...would recommend to anyone just for the sake off information." - Tiffany Calhoun

"Being in a world where technology rules, we don't realize what is going on in the background. I mean sure you have conspiracy theorists that believe Alexa works for the CIA and such. But in reality everything we do is being monitored in some way or function. This book is an eye-opener as to some of the ways our information is taken from us and being used. Some of the ways featured in this book I had absolutely no clue that was happening. I mean we have all noticed that if we look something up on Google, that following that Facebook starts to use ads targeting something we are already interested in. This is a good book to read if you want to know how and why your information is taken and used." - Debbie Cooper

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bob Mather
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 192230090X
• ISBN 13: 9781922300904
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile