[T6] Statistical reasoning

Further readings

There are many good books on statistical reasoning. Here are a few.

Larry Gonick and Woollcott Smith (1993), The Cartoon Guide to Statistics. New York: HarperCollins. A detailed and amusing guide to doing statistics.
D. Huff (1973), How to Lie with Statistics. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin. A classic guide to misleading uses of statistics.
A. J. Jaffe and Herbert F. Spirer (1987), Misused Statistics: Straight Talk for Twisted Numbers. New York: Marcel Dekker. A more up-to-date work on abuses of statistics.
J. D. McGervey (1986), Probabilities in Everyday Life. Chicago: Nelson-Hall. A guide to gambling of all kinds, whether at the casino, on the horses or on the stock market.
Judith M. Tanur et al., eds. (1989), Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown. Pacific Grove, CA: Wadsworth. Lots of real-world examples of applying statistical techniques in the biological, social and physical sciences.
David Salsburg (2001) The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century W H Freeman & Co. A lot of case studies and information about famous statisticians.
StatSoft, Inc. (2002). Electronic Statistics Textbook. Tulsa, OK: StatSoft. WEB: http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html. An online reference for some of the more techinical concepts in statistics.