《数据侦探》封面

数据侦探

Data Detective

Tim Harford · 初版 2021 年

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如今我们常常把统计数据视为敌人,认为数字被用来误导和迷惑我们。Tim Harford 在 The Data Detective 中指出,这是一种误解。我们不应对统计数据心存疑虑——我们需要理解它们的含义以及它们如何改善我们的生活:从本质上讲,它们是通过数字棱镜折射出的人类行为,并且往往是“把握我们周围大量现状的唯一途径”。如果我们能抛开恐惧,学会清醒地对待它们——理解我们自身的偏见如何将我们引向歧途——统计数据就能为我们指明生活得更好、工作得更聪明的路径。正如“或许是

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  • 哇,我以前居然不知道这个:> 正如蒂姆·哈福德(Tim Harford)在他 2021 年的精彩著作《数据侦探》(The Data Detective)中所记录的那样,1954 年的经典之作《统计陷阱》(How to Lie With Statistics)的作者达雷尔·赫夫(Darrell Huff)其实是烟草巨头(Big Tobacco)收买的托儿,他计划中(但从未出版)的续作名字叫《如何用吸烟统计数据说谎》(How to Lie With Smoking Statistics)……

    Wow, I had not known this: > As Tim Harford documents in his brilliant 2021 book The Data Detective, the 1954 classic “How to Lie With Statistics” was authored by a payrolled shill for Big Tobacco, Darrell Huff, whose planned (and never realized) followup was to be called “How to Lie With Smoking Statistics.”…

  • 感谢分享这篇文章,我已经从里面淘到了两本超棒的参考书:《数据侦探》(The Data Detective)和《次贷注意力危机》(Subprime Attention Crisis)。编辑补充:还有第三本很棒的荐书,达蒙·奈特(Damon Knight)的《Why Do Birds》。感谢分享这篇文章,我真的很珍惜这种好文笔。

    Thanks for sharing this article, I've already found 2 great book references, The Data Detective, and Subprime Attention Crisis. Edit: A third awesome book recommendation, Damon Knight's Why Do Birds Thanks for sharing this article, I treasure good writing like this.

  • ……这就是两本关于数据和统计学的新书的主题:德博拉·斯通(Deborah Stone)的《Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters》警告了过度依赖数字的风险;而蒂姆·哈福德(Tim Harford)的《数据侦探》(The Data Detective)则展示了如何在这个由数据驱动的世界中规避陷阱。数据是一种强大的反馈机制,既能让系统被刷分玩弄(gamification),也能揭露这种行为。恶劣之处在于榨取……

    …That’s the subject of two new books about data and statistics: “Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters”, by Deborah Stone, which warns of the risks of relying too heavily on numbers, and “The Data Detective”, by Tim Harford, which shows ways of avoiding the pitfalls of a world driven by data. Data is a powerful feedback mechanism that can enable system gamification; it can also expose it. The evil is extracting…

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