Bernoulli'S Fallacy: Statistical Illogic And The Crisis Of Modern Science

Aubrey Clayton traces the history of the flaw that underlies modern statistics, beginning with the seventeenth-century mathematician Jacob Bernoulli and winding through gambling, astronomy, and genetics. Ranging across math, philosophy, and culture, Bernoulli's Fallacy explains why something has gone wrong with how we use data--and how to fix it.

• | Author: Aubrey Clayton
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: 3-Aug-21
• | Number of Pages: 368 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0231199945
• | ISBN-13: 9780231199940