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juni 06, 2005
John Allen Paulos: What Numbers Reveal -- from Sumo Wrestlers to Professors
Inte helt förvånande skriver John Allen Paulos om boken Freakonomics: What Numbers Reveal -- from Sumo Wrestlers to Professors:
Looking at large data sets and deriving loud conclusions from the reams of whispering numbers is often enjoyable. Herein are three quite disparate examples.
The first concerns Sumo wrestlers and comes from Freakonomics, a fascinating new book by economist Steven Levitt and writer Stephen Dubner, that employs Levitt's quirky economic insights to illuminate many everyday activities and practices. The second is simply a study I reported on in a book I wrote on the stock market, and the third comes from a simple analysis I recently made of grade distributions for a required math course at my university.
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Recension av boken Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner: Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Posted by hakank at juni 6, 2005 12:56 EM Posted to Matematik | Statistik/data-analys