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Statistics for everyday life

A long read

The numbers people use to fool you

Numbers can fool smart people every day. You do not need math to spot the trick. You just need to ask a few questions.

Sources

  • Gigerenzer & Hoffrage, natural-frequencies research
  • Gigerenzer, citing David Eddy
  • Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011)
  • Alex Reinhart, Statistics Done Wrong
  • David Spiegelhalter, The Art of Statistics (2019)