Greens Drive SUVs and Jogging Makes You Immortal
On “Unstatistics” and Their Perils
by Thomas Bauer, Gerd Gigerenzer, Walter Krämer, Katharina Schüller
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Why Forecasts Are Always Wrong—the Power of Statistics
Understanding how figures relate to reality poses a challenge in an age when we are confronted at every turn with fake news and clickbait telling us to be very afraid. Each day brings headlines to outdo those of the day before, yet often they are based on a false interpretation of the data. Gerd Gigerenzer (a psychologist), Katharina Schuller (an expert on data analysis), Thomas Bauer (an economist), and Walter Krämer (a statistician) have for some years now presented an “Unstatistic of the Month” as an indictment of a deficient understanding of figures, risk, and probability. Drawing on new and shocking examples, the four authors explain how we can recognize nonsense, contextualize forecasts, tell correlation from causation, and generally make sense of an increasingly complex world. It’s not just fun—it’s more important than ever.
- • More relevant than ever: the power of statistics in the age of fake news
- • An entertaining exploration of and remedy for statistical illiteracy
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Entertaining non-fiction title for all those who want to correctly classify and understand the omnipresent statistics, with a lot of amusing examples.
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“This collection of Greatest Hits is a helpful guide to reading the statistics with which we are bombarded every day by the media with greater critical awareness.” Christoph Drösser, Zeit Wissen »It’s always good to take a second look at statistics. This book is a real eye-opener.” Bettina Gartner, Bild der Wissenschaft “Everybody should know something about statistics. And it’s hard to think of a simpler and more amusing introduction to the topic than this book.” Deutschlandradio Kultur (From the reviews of Warum dick nicht doof macht und Genmais nicht tötet [Why Fat Doesn’t Mean Dumb and Why Genetically Modified Corn Won’t Kill You])
Author Biography
Thomas Bauer is an economist, a professor of empirical economics at the University of Bochum, and vice-president of RWI Essen. Gerd Gigerenzer is a psychologist, director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, and a bestselling author. Walter Krämer is a statistician, professor emeritus for economic and social statistics at TU Dortmund, and the author of several books. Katharina Schüller is the founder and CEO of STAT-UP and an expert in advanced analytics, big data, and artificial intelligence.
Campus Verlag GmbH
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- Publisher Campus
- Publication Date August 2022
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783593516080
- Pages224
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleGrüne fahren SUV und Joggen macht unsterblich
- Copyright Year2022
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