How long does it take to read The Art of Statistics?
David J. Spiegelhalter
The Art of Statistics by David J. Spiegelhalter takes about 8 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 57 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2019. 488 pages, about 134,200 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The essential guide to statistical science in the age of big data, from the President of the Royal Statistical Society. How can statistics help us understand the world? Can we come to reliable conclusions when data is imperfect? How is statistics changing in the age of data science? Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalised, particularly in the media. In the age of big data, as data science becomes established as a discipline, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter guides the reader through the essential principles we need in order to derive knowledge from data. Drawing on real world problems to introduce conceptual issues, he shows us how statistics can help us determine the luckiest passenger on the Titanic, whether serial killer Harold Shipman could have been caught earlier, and if screening for ovarian cancer is beneficial. How many trees are there on the planet? Do busier hospitals have higher survival rates? Why do old men have big ears? Spiegelhalter reveals the answers to these and many other questions - questions that can only be addressed using statistical science.
Subjects: Probability, Mathematics, Statistics, Data, Deskriptive Statistik, Kausalität
