Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

A very funny introduction to conceptual statistics. Made me chuckle and smile so many times, while managing to blow my mind at the same time. It felt like a software upgrade for my brain; I notice nuances of all kinds of things automatically now.

Super great review of statistics with examples to illustrate the concepts. This book makes me want to read his other books even though I'm not as interested in the topics – he does such a well done job of explaining the ideas.

Short review: This was a very good introduction to the basic concepts in statistics. Statistics really are becoming important for everyone to understand and this is designed for the person that wants an introduction, but not all the math behind statistics. Wheelan says he wants people to develop ‘an intuition' for how statistics works and so he gives lots of illustrations and examples to show the proper and improper use of statistics. There is also a lot of humor mixed into the narrative, which helps.

I listened to this on audiobook, which did not have easy access to some of the charts and tables. But most of the time that was not a problem. I do have experience with statistics and use them pretty frequently. So I am not the direct intended audience. But I like to listen to books like this to remind myself of big concepts and make sure I don't slip into bad habits.

My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/naked-statistics/