Status Updates From How to Lie with Statistics

lowkey boring lol

The crooks already know these tricks, honest men must learn them in self defense.

Interesting the think about the biases in surveys that can't truly be avoided even if you're trying to avoid them. I think it makes you wonder about how this is applicable to most of life.

Taking notes rn

70

3h30m. TRT: 3h30m. S: 1. R: 3/5-7/10.

Outdated yet surprisingly nice

This is such a nice introduction to statistics for a noob like me

This was recommended to me by my statistics and econ professor and it’s actually really funny so far. I dare say that outside of English Lit this is one of the best books recommended to me through university

Finally paragraph

84 contains info pertinent to COVID Scam

Ehhh

Don’t just use the mean - also look at the mode and the median, reminded me of my statistics class.

Not really eye opening, but the first chapter reminded us about polls and how biased they are. It cannot be escaped, is a never ending war - biased is introduced everywhere it is the reality of things. So as a consumer, reader, whatever we have to ask questions and understand how polls were conducted and what biases might have been introduced.

Uma leitura bem fácil que desperta o pensamento crítico. Muita coisa eu já sabia por causa da faculdade mas da forma que ele coloca, simplificando e dando exemplos ajuda muito a compreender.

i should've read this on my phone not computer 🙁 so much faster on my phone

have I understood anything? no. Will I continue? Probably not

chapter 9 and 10 left!!! 😌😌😌😌

literally took me three days to read chapter 7 👩🏻‍🦯👩🏻‍🦯

okay I’m taking a break

I’m quite confused

i still don't know what probable error is 🥲

maybe i just am dumb 🧍🏻‍♀️

this book makes me feel stupid 😐

Stats are fake and so is the government i think

reading this to spite my school because AP stats didn't fit my schedule when i literally want to major in stats

Julia I thought you just randomly picked this up and I was like hmmm that does not sound like something I would read and then surprise surprise it’s for school and now I have to suffer and read it too ✌🏼 (only AP statistics ppl and it’s optional don’t fear)

may be my all-time favorite book

Don’t just take the numbers granted. Understand the reason behind it.