Statistics

Review of Aubrey Clayton's Bernoulli's Fallacy.

I'll start with the conclusion: McElreath's Staistical Rethinking is my favorite textbook. In the rest of this post I'll explain why and offer advice on how to get the most out of this book.

Review of Sharon Bertsch McGrayne's The Theory That Would Not Die.

Review of David MacKay's Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms.

Review of Allen Downey's new book, Probably Overthinking It: How to use data to answer questions, avoid statistical traps, and make better decisions.