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Morgan Housel • 100 Little Ideas
Data are records of observations.
Alberto Cairo • The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization (Voices That Matter)
Nassim Taleb, author and researcher, sums it up in this graph:
Steven Bartlett • The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
Second, anything we choose to measure will differ from place to place, from person to person, from time to time, and the problem is to extract meaningful insights from all this apparently random variability.
David Spiegelhalter • The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data (Pelican Books)
Study the distribution of outcomes for the system you are dealing with.
Michael J. Mauboussin • Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
For many environments, the relevant data points are those in the extremes; these are rare by definition, and it suffices to focus on those few but big to get an idea of the story.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
For many environments, the relevant data points are those in the extremes; these are rare by definition, and it suffices to focus on those few but big to get an idea of the story.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Doubt is a powerful weapon, and statistics are a vulnerable target.