Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalised, particularly in the media. In the age of big data, as data science becomes established as a discipline, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David ...(展开全部)

David Spiegelhalter is a British statistician and Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He was also elected as President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2017-18. In addition to presenting documentaries on BBC4, he has appeared on Infinite Monkey Cage, BBC Horizon, and the Life Scientific...(展开全部)

In this "important and comprehensive" guide to statistical thinking (New Yorker), discover how data literacy is changing the world and gives you a better understanding of life’s biggest problems. The age of big data has made statistical literacy more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world probl...(展开全部)

The definitive guide to statistical thinking Statistics are everywhere, as integral to science as they are to business, and in the popular media hundreds of times a day. In this age of big data, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever if we want to separate the fact from the fiction, the ostentatious embellishments from the raw evidence -- and even mor...(展开全部)

沃尔特·皮特金，曾任美国哥伦比亚大学新闻学教授，并担任过大英百科全书美国分册的主编。他14岁开始便靠给人送货来谋生，16～18岁靠帮助政府部门在底特律的波兰人居住区进行在校学生状况调查，为自己赚得了跨人大学校门所需的第一笔学费，后一直靠勤工俭学坚持自己的学业。他广泛涉猎各种知识，学习了希腊语、拉丁语、法语、德语、希伯莱语、阿拉伯语等多种语言，一直从事哲学与心理学领域的研究。他一生完成了多部著作，涉及个人成长学习、生活与心理等多个方面。《人生40才开始》这本书当年出版后即被评为《纽约时报》年度畅销书，改变了很多美国人的生活态度与人生观。

沃尔特·皮特金，曾任美国哥伦比亚大学新闻学教授，并担任过大英百科全书美国分册的主编。他14岁开始便靠给人送货来谋生，16～18岁靠帮助政府部门在底特律的波兰人居住区进行在校学生状况调查，为自己赚得了跨人大学校门所需的第一笔学费，后一直靠勤工俭学坚持自己的学业。他广泛涉猎各种知识，学习了希腊语、拉丁语、法语、德语、希伯莱语、阿拉伯语等多种语言，一直从事哲学与心理学领域的研究。他一生完成了多部著作，涉及个人成长学习、生活与心理等多个方面。《人生40才开始》这本书当年出版后即被评为《纽约时报》年度畅销书，改变了很多美国人的生活态度与人生观。

查尔斯·惠伦（Charles Wheelan） 于1997—2002年间担任《经济学人》杂志驻美国中西部地区的记者，还为《芝加哥部报》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》撰稿，现任芝加哥公共电台 WBEZ 节目财经记者。

The field of statistics is rapidly transforming into a discipline that Hal Varian at Google has called "sexy". And with good reason - from batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research - the real-world application of statistics is growing by leaps and bounds. In Naked Statistics, Charles Wheelan strips away the arcane and technical details to get at th...(展开全部)

As one of the most comprehensive machine learning texts around, this book does justice to the field's incredible richness, but without losing sight of the unifying principles. Peter Flach's clear, example-based approach begins by discussing how a spam filter works, which gives an immediate introduction to machine learning in action, with a minimum of technical fuss. Flach provi...(展开全部)

As one of the most comprehensive machine learning texts around, this book does justice to the field's incredible richness, but without losing sight of the unifying principles. Peter Flach's clear, example-based approach begins by discussing how a spam filter works, which gives an immediate introduction to machine learning in action, with a minimum of technical fuss. Flach provi...(展开全部)