The time has come: Statistics in bestselling books

Document typeArticle
Defense date2013-10
PublisherSociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa (SEIO)
Rights accessOpen Access
Abstract
Beyond textbooks, statistics is also present in bestselling books, those
that appear on the top 10 lists of bookshops and online bookstores. This
paper discusses five of those books, highlighting the role of statistics in
each one. Besides describing the general topics of the books, we want to
show that the knowledge of the world around us – and also the knowledge
on ourselves – advances thanks to the application of the scientific method
of which statistics is a key element. The paper finishes with some thoughts
on the desirability of a practical approach to teaching statistics
CitationGrima, P.; Marco-Almagro, L. The time has come: Statistics in bestselling books. "BEIO, Boletín de Estadística e Investigación Operativa", Octubre 2013, vol. 29, núm. 3, p. 167-183.
ISSN1889-3805
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