Bernoulli's Fallacy Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science |
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| Author:
| Clayton, Aubrey |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-19995-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2022 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $40.95 |
Book Description:
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Aubrey Clayton traces the history of the flaw that underlies modern statistics, beginning with the seventeenth-century mathematician Jacob Bernoulli and winding through gambling, astronomy, and genetics. Ranging across math, philosophy, and culture, Bernoulli's Fallacy explains why something has gone wrong with how we use data--and how to fix it.
Aubrey Clayton traces the history of the flaw that underlies modern statistics, beginning with the seventeenth-century mathematician Jacob Bernoulli and winding through gambling, astronomy, and genetics. Ranging across math, philosophy, and culture, Bernoulli's Fallacy explains why something has gone wrong with how we use data--and how to fix it.