A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics

byDaniel Levitin

A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World

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We live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, or outright lies. From unemployment figures to voting polls, IQ tests to divorce rates, we're bombarded by seemingly plausible statistics on how people live and what they think. Bestselling neuroscientist Daniel Levitin teaches us how to effectively ask ourselves: can we really know that? And how do they know that?

This eye-opening, accessible guide teaches you how to:
-carry out quick plausibility tests
-understand how numbers are reported
-separate experts from pseudo-experts.

Daniel Levitin shows us how understanding statistics will enable you to make quicker, smarter decisions about the world around you.

In a post-truth world, Levitin's book is an invaluable primer on how to sort the fact from the fiction

Sunday Times

About Daniel Levitin

Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, is a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He trained at Stanford University Medical School, The University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Oregon. He is founding dean of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the author of This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, and A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics. He divides his time between Montreal and California.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780241974872
  • Length: 304 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 215g
  • Price: £10.99
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