David Spiegelhalter
Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge and author of The Art of Statistics.
Damned Lies and Statistics by Joel Best
I like this book because one of the things that really irritates me as a statistician is when numbers are bandied around as though they are God-given truths and can't be argued with.
on fivebooks.com · 25 Sep 2011
Dicing with Death by Stephen Senn
This book is somewhat similar to The Drunkard's Walk in that it covers the history of probability. But since Stephen's background is in medical statistics, he looks at clinical trials and other medical studies.
on fivebooks.com · 25 Sep 2011
Do You Feel Lucky? by Kjartan Poskitt
This is part of the Murderous Maths series, and is my favourite book. It is great. It is a book for secondary school kids full of cartoons and lovely characters like this filthy boy called Pongo McWhiffy, or the one I like best is an upper-class idiot called Binky Smallbrains who falls for every trick. It is a book about chance, luck and probability, and these are difficult things that people have to learn about at school. This book really cracks through it. It starts with probability trees
on fivebooks.com · 25 Sep 2011
How Risky Is It, Really? by David Ropeik
Yes, this is a completely non-technical book, which is looking at things from the point of view of psychology. It is essentially a review of the recent research on risk perception.
on fivebooks.com · 25 Sep 2011
The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
This is a general introduction to the history of probability and the way it comes into everyday life. It intersperses the historical development with modern applications, and looks at finance, sport, gambling, lotteries and coincidences.
on fivebooks.com · 25 Sep 2011
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