Probably Overthinking It: How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better Decisions

by Allen B. Downey

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. Blogger, teacher, and computer scientist Allen B. Downey knows well that people have an innate ability both to understand statistics and to be fooled by them. As he makes clear in this accessible introduction to statistical thinking,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226822583
• ISBN13: 9780226822587
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"