Charles Wheelan

Auteur van 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.

Bevat de namen: CharlesWherlan, Charles Wheelan, Charles Wheelan, by Charles Wheelan, Чарлз Уилэн

Fotografie: Photo courtesy the University of Chicago Experts Exchange

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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (2002) 1,582 exemplaren

Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data (2013) 918 exemplaren

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

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

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

The Rationing: A Novel (2019) 35 exemplaren

The Centrist Manifesto (2013) 30 exemplaren

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

Introduction to Public Policy (2010) 16 exemplaren

Naked Statistics_ Stripping the Dread from the Data. 1 exemplaar

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

Naked Economics_ Undressing the Dismal Science. 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam: Wheelan, Charles J.
Geboortedatum: 1966
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Woonplaatsen: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Opleiding: Dartmouth College (BS)
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago (PhD)
Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs, Princeton University (MPA)
Beroepen: lecturer
journalist
Organisaties: The Economist
University of Chicago

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Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data door 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.… (meer)

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