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Standard Deviations by Gary Smith 2017 Unabridged CD 9781469066035

Description: Did you know that baseball players whose names begin with the letter "D"� are more likely to die young? Or that Asian Americans are most susceptible to heart attacks on the fourth day of the month? Or that drinking a full pot of coffee every morning will add years to your life, but one cup a day increases the risk of pancreatic cancer? All of these "facts"� have been argued with a straight face by credentialed researchers and backed up with reams of data and convincing statistics.As Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase once cynically observed, "If you torture data long enough, it will confess."� Lying with statistics is a time-honored con. In Standard Deviations, economics professor Gary Smith walks us through the various tricks and traps that people use to back up their own crackpot theories. Sometimes, the unscrupulous deliberately try to mislead us. Other times, the well-intentioned are blissfully unaware of the mischief they are committing. Today, data is so plentiful that researchers spend precious little time distinguishing between good, meaningful indicators and total rubbish. Not only do others use data to fool us, we fool ourselves.

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Features: Audio CD, Unabridged

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Format: Audio CD

Run Time: 9

Topic: Personal Development, Success

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Narrator: Timothy Andrés

Language: English

Publication Year: 2009

Book Title: Standard Deviations

Intended Audience: Adults

Author: Gary Smith

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Publisher: Ascent Audio

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Genre: Business, Economics & Industry, Mathematics & Sciences, Psychology & Help

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