书名：The Art of Statistics统计的艺术新版
作者：David Spiegelhalter 
出版社名称：Pelican
出版时间：2020

语种：英语
ISBN：9780241258767
商品尺寸：11.1 x 2.5 x 18.1 cm

包装：平装
页数：448（以实物为准）

剑桥大学统计学教授大卫·斯皮格豪特通过真实世界中的例子介绍数据分析的关键技巧了解在工作和日常生活中遇到的统计问题......

几个世纪以来，统计一直在我们对世界的科学理解中发挥着主导作用，但我们都熟悉统计数据被炒作的方式，尤其是在媒体上。在大数据时代，随着数据科学成为一门学科，对统计素养的基本掌握比以往任何时候都更加重要。

在《统计学的艺术》一书中，David Spiegelhalter指导读者了解我们从数据中获取知识所需要的基本原则。采用简单工具和生动例子解释技术概念，向我们展示了统计数据如何帮助我们确定泰坦尼克号上谁是更幸运的乘客，连环杀手哈罗德·希普曼(Harold Shipman)医生是否可能更早被抓获，以及卵巢癌筛查是否有益。

想知道地球上有多少棵树？

越繁忙的医院病人生存率是否越高？

新生儿男孩多过女孩吗？

Spiegelhalter揭示了许多问题的答案——而这些问题只能通过统计科学来解决。

There is something in here for everyone ... A call to arms for greater societal data literacy ... Spiegelhalter's work serves as a reminder that there are passionate, self-aware statisticians who can argue eloquently that their discipline is needed now more than ever. ― Financial Times

Shines a light on how we can use the ever-growing deluge of data to improve our understanding of the world . . . The Art of Statistics will serve students well. And it will be a boon for journalists eager to use statistics responsibly - along with anyone who wants to approach research and its reportage with healthy scepticism. ― Nature

Do busier hospitals have higher survival rates? How many trees are there on the planet? Why do old men have big ears? David Spiegelhalter reveals the answers to these and many other questions - questions that can only be addressed using statistical science.

Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalised, particularly in the media. In the age of big data, as data science becomes established as a discipline, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever.

In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter guides the reader through the essential principles we need in order to derive knowledge from data. Drawing on real world problems to introduce conceptual issues, he shows us how statistics can help us determine the luckiest passenger on the Titanic, whether serial killer Harold Shipman could have been caught earlier, and if screening for ovarian cancer is beneficial.

戴维·施皮可靠哈尔特，统计学家，风险问题专家。剑桥大学丘吉尔学院院士，公众风险认知学教授。英国皇家学会院士，现任英国皇家统计学会主席。曾主持BBC系列纪录片（反面你赢：机会的科学）。

David John Spiegelhalter is a British statistician and Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Spiegelhalter is one of the most cited and influential researchers in his field, and was elected as President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2017-18.