Statistics: A Very Short Introduction

Author/Contributor(s):	Hand, David J
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	12/15/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This Very Short Introduction sets the study of statistics in context, describing its history and giving examples of its impact, summarizes methods of gathering and evaluating data, and explains the role played by the science of chance, of probability, in statistical methods. The book also explores deep philosophical issues of induction--how we use statistics to discern the true nature of reality from the limited observations we necessarily must make.