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Statistics, lies and the virus: five lessons from a pandemic (timharford.com)
26 points by simonebrunozzi on Sept 21, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Tim Harford is a defender of statistics and in the wake of releasing his new book he has been on a publicity tour of all your favourite maths channels on Youtube.

Particularly I recommend his visit on numberphile, where he gives a scathing critique of "How to Lie with Statistics"

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-d1ApBTFw&t=3s




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