On 5 Sep 2003 10:13:01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am looking for a statistics book that would cover some in-depth > statistical analysis that could be handy for laymen. > > I enjoyed my college statistics course as part of my computer > information systems degree, and I would like to learn additional > techniques that could be used in everyday situations (data quality > analysis, fantasy football, consumer budgeting). > > Can anyone recommend a good book?
I don't figure out how 'consumer budgeting' depends on statistical analysis. Or lends itself to analyses. Budgeting? I thought that "fantasy football" was more-or-less a venue for gambling; and that sort of gambling is popular with people who deny the odds -- that is, the folks who like it are (especially) the same folks who imagine that they personally would be able to predict outcomes, if they were just a little luckier. I don't know where it is in everyday situations that 'data quality analysis' comes to the fore. A couple of the better books about reading the media were written about 'visual display of quantitative information.' That was a title by Tufte. Cleveland is the other author I've read. -- Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization." . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
