Become a smarter consumer of the “little data” you see each day, from newspaper headlines and weather forecasts, to stock reports, medical studies and election polls.
“a tour-de-force of statistical literacy.” — BoingBoing.net
“Enlightening and educational, Everydata is a ‘must-read’ for the twenty-first century.” — Midwest Book Review
“...entirely engrossing and entertaining from the start.”
— 800-CEO-READ
“...should be required reading in high school and for every journalist and journalism student in the universe." — Arkansas Business
"I can’t imagine a more relevant read." — Paul Walsh, VP of Weather Analytics and Meteorologist, The Weather Company
“With fun and verve, John and Mike take us through the essential steps to becoming a sophisticated consumer of the data that surrounds us." — Esther Duflo, professor of Economics, MIT, and co-founder and co-director, J-PAL
“An invaluable read!” —Bradley Horowitz, VP, Photos and Streams at Google
“I cannot recommend this book enough.” — Joshua D. Wright, professor of Law and Economics, George Mason University and former commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
EVERYDATA™ is filled with countless examples of people misinterpreting data – often with catastrophic results. For example:
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded because of a limited sample set
The media uses misleading forecasts to report on elections
Attorneys faced a $1 billion jury verdict due to outlier data
Pregnant women avoid caffeine because they interpret correlation as causation
"This book educates readers on how to navigate the increasingly dense information environment… [Johnson and Gluck] hit key points on the importance of information literacy today." — Publishers Weekly