Charles Wheelan

Auteur de Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

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Charles Wheelan is the author of the best-selling Naked Statistics and Naked Economics and is a former correspondent for the Economist. He teaches public policy at Dartmouth College and lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his family.

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Œuvres de Charles Wheelan

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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (2002) 1,582 exemplaires

Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data (2013) 918 exemplaires

Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters (2016) 162 exemplaires

We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year (2021) 97 exemplaires

10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said (2012) 62 exemplaires

The Rationing: A Novel (2019) 35 exemplaires

The Centrist Manifesto (2013) 30 exemplaires

Write for Your Life: A Guide to Clear and Purposeful Writing (and Presentations) (2022) 18 exemplaires

Introduction to Public Policy (2010) 16 exemplaires

Naked Statistics_ Stripping the Dread from the Data. 1 exemplaire

Naked Money_ A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters. 1 exemplaire

Naked Economics_ Undressing the Dismal Science. 1 exemplaire

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Nom légal: Wheelan, Charles J.
Date de naissance: 1966
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieux de résidence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Études: Dartmouth College (BS)
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago (PhD)
Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs, Princeton University (MPA)
Professions: lecturer
journalist
Organisations: The Economist
University of Chicago

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Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data par Charles Wheelan

An ambitious goal: to try to turn statistics into a fun approachable narrative... for the most part the author actually pulls this off, but then the book rides this line between how simple and powerful statistics are and how misleading they can be.

And yet not enough is said about the core assumptions that underlie statistics and exception cases. Long tails, the plague and opportunity of our current society are only spoken of broefly, networks and power laws, earthquakes and other disasters barely mentioned.… (plus d'informations)

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