Everydata
Subtitle: the misinformation hidden in the little data you consume every day : why your gas tank isn't empty, you're not better than average, and Africa is bigger than you think
By: John H. Johnson, and Mike Gluck
Contributors: Gluck, Mike, author
Publisher: Bibliomotion
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781629561011
Subjects: Consumer behavior; Econometrics
Other titles: Every data
Description: "Little data"--Stock reports, newspaper headlines, weather forecasts, etc.-- is what will help you make smarter decisions at work, at home, and in every aspect of your life. The average person consumes approximately 30 gigabytes of data every single day, but has no idea how to interpret it correctly. Johnson and Gluck explain how to correctly interpret all of the small bytes of data we consume in a day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Data, data everywhere: an introduction to everydata; title: The Challenger challenge: how sampling can affect results; title: Red state blues: averages and aggregates; title: a closer look at summary statistics; title: Are you smarter than an iPhone-using, radiohead-loving Republican?: understanding correlation versus causation; title: In statistics we trust: is what you're seeing true?; title: Shrinking Africa: misrepresentation and misinterpretation; title: Spoonfed data: when cherry picking goes bananas; title: Predicting disaster: forecasting the future; title: It's a jungle out there: putting it all together.