How to Read Numbers

A charming, practical and insightful guide. You might not even notice how much you're learning - you'll be too busy having fun A charming, practical and insightful guide. You might not even notice how much you're learning - you'll be too busy having fun A vital plea to take statistics more seriously - the prose being as clear and elegant as the numbers A vital plea to take statistics more seriously - the prose being as clear and elegant as the numbers Reading this book is strongly correlated with not looking stupid. Highly recommended Reading this book is strongly correlated with not looking stupid. Highly recommended An excellent guide to everyday statistics . . . the authors do a splendid job of stringing words together so smartly that even difficult concepts are explained and so understood with ease. [A] timely and lively book * THE TIMES * An excellent guide to everyday statistics . . . the authors do a splendid job of stringing words together so smartly that even difficult concepts are explained and so understood with ease. [A] timely and lively book * THE TIMES * Wonderfully written - incredibly readable. It should be made compulsory reading for everyone before they leave school Wonderfully written - incredibly readable. It should be made compulsory reading for everyone before they leave school An erudite, enlightening guide to the numbers we read in the news - and why they are so often wrong. The authors make sense of dense material and offer engrossing insights into sampling bias, statistical significance and the dangers of believing the casual language used in newspapers * INDEPENDENT * An erudite, enlightening guide to the numbers we read in the news - and why they are so often wrong. The authors make sense of dense material and offer engrossing insights into sampling bias, statistical significance and the dangers of believing the casual language used in newspapers * INDEPENDENT * [A] fascinating, easy-to-read explanation of how to interpret numbers in the news . . . their enlightening book provides us with the tools to spot when we're being led astray * DAILY MAIL * [A] fascinating, easy-to-read explanation of how to interpret numbers in the news . . . their enlightening book provides us with the tools to spot when we're being led astray * DAILY MAIL * An absolute lifesaver . . . Breezy, easy to read, funny and loaded with useful information An absolute lifesaver . . . Breezy, easy to read, funny and loaded with useful information A great combination of important and accessible A great combination of important and accessible Brilliant . . . part of the joy of How to Read Numbers is how light and fun it is. At the end of the process, you'll be better equipped to understand what it means when a glass of red wine can both increase and decrease your chances of getting cancer, how many portions of fruit and veg you need to eat each day, and any number of stories about numbers you might read or hear * THE BIG ISSUE * Brilliant . . . part of the joy of How to Read Numbers is how light and fun it is. At the end of the process, you'll be better equipped to understand what it means when a glass of red wine can both increase and decrease your chances of getting cancer, how many portions of fruit and veg you need to eat each day, and any number of stories about numbers you might read or hear * THE BIG ISSUE * A charming, practical and insightful guide. You might not even notice how much you're learning - you'll be too busy having fun A vital plea to take statistics more seriously - the prose being as clear and elegant as the numbers Reading this book is strongly correlated with not looking stupid. Highly recommended An excellent guide to everyday statistics . . . the authors do a splendid job of stringing words together so smartly that even difficult concepts are explained and so understood with ease. [A] timely and lively book * THE TIMES * Wonderfully written - incredibly readable. It should be made compulsory reading for everyone before they leave school An erudite, enlightening guide to the numbers we read in the news - and why they are so often wrong. The authors make sense of dense material and offer engrossing insights into sampling bias, statistical significance and the dangers of believing the casual language used in newspapers * INDEPENDENT * [A] fascinating, easy-to-read explanation of how to interpret numbers in the news . . . their enlightening book provides us with the tools to spot when we're being led astray * DAILY MAIL * A great combination of important and accessible Brilliant . . . part of the joy of How to Read Numbers is how light and fun it is. At the end of the process, you'll be better equipped to understand what it means when a glass of red wine can both increase and decrease your chances of getting cancer, how many portions of fruit and veg you need to eat each day, and any number of stories about numbers you might read or hear * THE BIG ISSUE * An absolute lifesaver . . . Breezy, easy to read, funny and loaded with useful information