{"product_id":"how-to-love-statistics-when-john-a-smartt-9781764142205","title":"How to Love Statistics When You Haven't Done the Math: The underlying mathematical and other ideas that make (most of) it workable, wonderful and wort","description":"\u003cp\u003eHalf of all peer-reviewed journal articles misuse statistics.* \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut which half?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people who study statistics don't fully understand the mathematical and other ideas behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy does everything from the \u003cstrong\u003eA\u003c\/strong\u003ege of children's first words to the concentration of \u003cstrong\u003eZ\u003c\/strong\u003einc in blood follow a 'normal distribution'? (If you've heard it is because of the 'Central Limit Theorem' you've been misled.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy can a small study often give more helpful information than a large one?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhich plausible and popular statistical practices are flawed, and should be abandoned? Why did they look like good ideas?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhich implausible ideas are actually brilliant, and should be used more? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides the missing bridge between the increasingly-separate worlds of statistics, mathematical statistics and mathematics, allowing you to understand why statistics works, not just which computing option to select. It assumes nothing except the ability to count, and takes you on a journey through the historical ideas behind statistics and the mathematical concepts that give it solid foundations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(*According to at least two studies in different disciplines.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John A. Smartt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764142209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764142205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Green Bracken Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.58d","brand":"John A. Smartt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460420841727,"sku":"9781764142205","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4317ec46-91b3-4592-938e-d14f0ee35fe8.jpg?v=1777414640","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-love-statistics-when-john-a-smartt-9781764142205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}