Charles Wheelan

Autor von 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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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (2002) 1,582 Exemplare

Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data (2013) 916 Exemplare

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

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

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

The Rationing: A Novel (2019) 35 Exemplare

The Centrist Manifesto (2013) 30 Exemplare

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

Introduction to Public Policy (2010) 16 Exemplare

Naked Statistics_ Stripping the Dread from the Data. 1 Exemplar

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

Naked Economics_ Undressing the Dismal Science. 1 Exemplar

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Rechtmäßiger Name: Wheelan, Charles J.
Geburtstag: 1966
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: USA
Wohnorte: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ausbildung: Dartmouth College (BS)
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago (PhD)
Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs, Princeton University (MPA)
Berufe: lecturer
journalist
Organisationen: The Economist
University of Chicago

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Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data von 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.… (mehr)

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