Why read The Art of Statistics?

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'A statistical national treasure' Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2

'Required reading for all politicians, journalists, medics and anyone who tries to influence people (or is influenced) by statistics. A tour de force' Popular Science

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2 authors picked The Art of Statistics as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Valliappa Lakshmanan

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What if you are faced with a problem for which a standard approach doesn’t yet exist? In such a case, you will need to be able to figure out the approach from the first principles. This book will help you learn how to derive insights starting from raw data.

From Valliappa's list on if you want to become a data scientist.

Tim Harford

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Professor David Spiegelhalter is perhaps the greatest living statistical communicator – a superbly clear and reassuring voice about probability, statistics and risk. This is his masterpiece: a highly readable book that starts with the basics and takes the reader through some deep statistical concepts.

From Tim's list on think clearly about data.