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HAPPY WORLD STATISTICS DAY EVERYONE!
World Statistics Day only comes every five years - like the Olympics - so it's time to express a little mindful gratitude for all the statisticians and other wonderful nerds out there helping us to understand the world.
World Statistics Day only comes every five years - like the Olympics - so it's time to express a little mindful gratitude for all the statisticians and other wonderful nerds out there helping us to understand the world.
Since I literally wrote the book on the topic, I’d like to mark the day by sharing my TEN RULES FOR THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT NUMBERS. Each of us could be thinking more clearly about the world if we got ourselves right with the numbers. timharford.com/books/worldadd…
So, Rule One: SEARCH YOUR FEELINGS.
What we believe, or refuse to believe, is strongly influenced by our emotional reaction. A lot of the statistical claims we see aren’t just data: they are weapons in an argument. Social media thrives on emotion. So do media headlines.
What we believe, or refuse to believe, is strongly influenced by our emotional reaction. A lot of the statistical claims we see aren’t just data: they are weapons in an argument. Social media thrives on emotion. So do media headlines.
You might remember that we love charts. Seriously, we get a little excited about charts. #NYFedstats
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Well, we can't make charts without statistics. And while #WorldStatisticsDay doesn’t occur again until October 20, 2020, we decided to celebrate this October 20! Because that’s how much we love statistics! Join us? #NYFedstats
First, let us nerd out by defining a few choice statistics related terms. #NYFedstats
