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Statistics: A Very Short Introduction
- Author
- David J. Hand
- Narrator
- Richard Trinder
- Publisher
- Ascent Audio
- Publish Date
- 14 July 2026
- Run Time
- 4 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light and enable understanding. And it sheds this light on all aspects of our lives, enabling astronomers to explore the origins of the universe, archaeologists to investigate ancient civilizations, governments to understand how to benefit and improve society, and businesses to learn how best to provide goods and services.
Aimed at listeners with no prior mathematical knowledge, this Very Short Introduction explores and explains how statistics work, and how we can decipher them.
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- Author
- David J. Hand
- Narrator
- Richard Trinder
- Duration
- 4 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 July 2026
- ISBN
- 9781663760043
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ascent Audio
- Genre
- Probability and statistics
Synopsis
Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light and enable understanding. And it sheds this light on all aspects of our lives, enabling astronomers to explore the origins of the universe, archaeologists to investigate ancient civilizations, governments to understand how to benefit and improve society, and businesses to learn how best to provide goods and services.Aimed at listeners with no prior mathematical knowledge, this Very Short Introduction explores and explains how statistics work, and how we can decipher them.
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