[Video 266] John Paul Ashenfelter: Learning Statistics Will Save Your Life

I had to take lots of math courses before receiving my computer science degree. But in my day-to-day life, I’m probably more likely to use statistics — when reading the newspaper, analyzing data, or understanding Web application performance. Statistics is seen by many people as boring, but it’s both interesting (really!), and extremely useful. Crucial, even. In this talk, John Paul Ashenfelter describes why and how we can use statistics to describe data, and how this understanding can lead us to better decision making. If you ever thought that statistics was something you could or should ignore, this talk will hopefully convince you otherwise.

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