Super Crunchers
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Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to be Smart | |
Author | Ian Ayres |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Bantam |
Publication date | 2007 |
Pages | 272 |
ISBN | ISBN 978-0553805406 |
Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to be Smart is a book written by Ian Ayres, a law professor at Yale Law School about how multiple regression analysis affects all areas of life, often in unexpected ways.
With examples from medicine, education, business, sports, and oenology, Ayers explains how statistical evidence can be used as a supplement or substitute for human intuition.