Tim Harford著「The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics」 ハーフォードの新著。統計学について最もポピュラーな一般書籍、ダレル・ハフ著「統計でウソをつく法」が1954年に発売されて以来、統計についてシニカルな見方が広まってしまったが、ハフがその後タバコ産業の代弁者となりタバコの健康被害についての研究にあれこれイチャモンをつけるようになってしまったことに象徴されるように、シニシズムに一辺倒になるのもよくない。間違った数字が生みだされ拡散される仕組みを理解したうえで、どう正しく評価すべきか解説する本。
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