Statistics

Statistics is the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data.

Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
How to Lie with Statistics
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data
An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics)
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide
Banksy
A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
Banksy

Scott Dikkers
Statistically speaking, there is a 65 percent chance that the love of your life is having an affair. Be very suspicious.
Scott Dikkers, You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day

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