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>In general life, I would say strong knowledge about statistics is helpful. It helped me accurately assess the covid threat where I live. It also taught me to
by vram22 6y ago
>In general life, I would say strong knowledge about statistics is helpful. It helped me accurately assess the covid threat where I live. It also taught me to
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and have used statistical/chance-based thinking ever since and it helped me to experience more certainty in uncertain situations.
Interesting. Are there any specific books you would recommend for this sort of thinking, or are just basic stats books good enough?
- mettamage 6y agoNot an expert but IMO: Understand the basics of the first uni statistics and probability course really well on a usage level (plug and chuck + some intuition level). Second, google on lying with statistics.