Why we're so bad at statistics

Title:: Why we're so bad at statistics
Speaker:: Alan Smith
Description:: Think you're good at guessing stats? Guess again. Whether we consider ourselves math people or not, our ability to understand and work with numbers is terribly limited, says data visualization expert Alan Smith. In this delightful talk, Smith explores the mismatch between what we know and what we think we know.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 12:49

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