Bibliograph

Everydata, the misinformation hidden in the little data you consume every day ; Why your gas tank isn't empty, You're not better than average, and Africa is bigger than you think, John H. Johnson, Mike Gluck

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Label

Everydata, the misinformation hidden in the little data you consume every day ; Why your gas tank isn't empty, You're not better than average, and Africa is bigger than you think, John H. Johnson, Mike Gluck

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Everydata

Responsibility statement

John H. Johnson, Mike Gluck

Sub title

the misinformation hidden in the little data you consume every day ; Why your gas tank isn't empty, You're not better than average, and Africa is bigger than you think

Summary

"The average person consumes approximately 30 gigabytes of data every single day, but has no idea how to interpret it correctly. Everydata explains, through the eyes of an expert economist and statistician, how to correctly interpret all of the small bytes of data we consume in a day"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Foreword -- Preface -- Data, data, everywhere: An introduction to everydata -- The challenger challenge: How sampling can affect results -- Red state blues: Averages and aggregates - A closer look at summary statistics -- Are you smarter than an iPhone-using, radiohead-loving Republican?: Understanding correlation versus causation -- In statistics we trust: Is what you're seeing true? -- Shrinking Africa: Misrepresentation and misinterpretation -- Spoonfed data: When cherry picking goes bananas -- Predicting disaster: Forecasting the future -- It's a jungle out there: Putting it all together

Target audience

adult

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