This book is based on a popular British show called More or Less in which a writer and an economist try to teach the general public to make sense of the data that swamp us each day. For me, the most valuable part of the book involves the numerous examples of how data have been presented by journa...
The Norm Chronicles had me laughing from the front matter on. This book covers statistical risks in everyday life with fictional vignettes starring three characters: Prudence, Norm, and Kelvin. Prudence leads a careful life, worried about remote possibilities, while Kelvin takes every risk imagin...
The chemical concoction seeped into her body, the liquid radiated warm, sedative comfort. She knew the effects; in her short life she had already come to depend on them. Her eyelids fell, she leaned back in her chair and let out a long, tranquillised sigh as her arm fell to the table with the emp...