Probably Overthinking It

“A delightful exposition of commonly-encountered statistical fallacies and paradoxes and why they matter.” —Samuel H. Preston, coauthor of Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes An essential guide to the ways data can improve decision making.   Statistics are everywhere: in news reports, at the doctor’s office, and in every sort of forecast, from the stock market to the weather. Allen B. Downey knows well that people have an innate ability both to understand statistics and