The Art of Statistical Thinking
Detect Misinformation, Understand the World Deeper, and Make Better Decisions. (Advanced Thinking Skills, Book 3)
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Russell Newton
About this listen
Not knowing statistics can lead to a loss of money, time, and accurate information.
What am I looking at? What do these numbers mean? Why? These are frequent thoughts of those who don’t know much about statistics.
“I’m not a numbers person” is not a good excuse to avoid learning the basics of this essential skill. Are you a person who earns money? Do you shop at the supermarket? Do you vote? Do you read the news? I’m sure you do.
Learn to make decisions like world leaders do.
Do you like to make uninformed, often poor decisions? Are you okay with being manipulated by skewed charts and diagrams? How about being lied to about the effectiveness of a product? Statistics can help you make exponentially better calls on what to buy, who to listen to, and what to believe.
This book offers a detailed, illustrated breakdown of the fundamentals of statistics. Develop and use formal logical thinking abilities to understand the message behind numbers and charts in science, politics, and economy. Sharpen your critical and analytic thinking skills.
Know what to look for when analyzing data. This step-by-step guide not only helps you detect what goes wrong in statistics but also educates you on how to utilize invaluable information statistics gets right to your benefit.
- Avoid making decisions on misleading information.
- How to Use Descriptive and Inferential Statistics to Understand the World.
- Make Better Decisions Using Probability.
- Understand Potential Bias in Studies.
Albert Rutherford is the internationally best-selling author of several books on systems thinking, game theory, and mathematical thinking. Jae H. Kim is a freelance writer in econometrics, statistics, and data analysis. Since obtaining his PhD in econometrics in 1997, he has been a professor in major Australian universities until 2022. He has published more than 70 academic articles and book chapters in economics and applied statistics.
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Why are cellphone plans so much more expensive in the United States than in Europe? It seems a simple question. But the search for an answer took Thomas Philippon on an unexpected journey through some of the most complex and hotly debated issues in modern economics. Ultimately, he reached a surprising conclusion: American markets, once a model for the world, are giving up on healthy competition.
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Eye-opening, but better as a book - a must-READ
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The Manual of Ideas
- The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments
- By: John Mihaljevic
- Narrated by: Mark Moseley
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Considered an indispensable source of cutting-edge research and ideas among the world's top investment firms and money managers, the journal The Manual of Ideas boasts a subscriber list that reads like a Who's Who of high finance. Written by that publication's managing editor and inspired by its mission to serve as an "idea funnel" for the world's top money managers, this book introduces you to a proven, proprietary framework for finding, researching, analyzing, and implementing the best value investing opportunities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Valuable Information
- By Neils on 05-06-15
By: John Mihaljevic
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Forecast
- What Physics, Meteorology, and the Natural Sciences Can Teach Us About Economics
- By: Mark Buchanan
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Picture an early scene from The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy hurries home as a tornado gathers in what was once a clear Kansas sky. Hurriedly, she seeks shelter in the storm cellar under the house, but, finding it locked, takes cover in her bedroom. We all know how that works out for her.Many investors these days are a bit like Dorothy, putting their faith in something as solid and trustworthy as a house (or, say, real estate). But market disruptions - storms - seem to arrive without warning, leaving us little time to react.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Contrarian Book
- By J. Sterz on 04-18-17
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Warren Buffett's Ground Rules
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- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
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- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Compiled for the first time, and with Buffett's permission, these letters spotlight his contrarian diversification strategy, his almost religious celebration of compounding interest, his preference for conservative rather than conventional decision making, and his goal and tactics for bettering market results by at least 10 percent annually. Demonstrating Buffett's intellectual rigor, they provide a framework to the craft of investing that had not existed before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely fantastic
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The Most Important Thing
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- By: Howard Marks
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Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, he is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested, fundamental philosophy. The Most Important Thing explains the keys to successful investment and the pitfalls that can destroy capital or ruin a career.
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Five Star Book, two Star Audiobook
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- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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It has long been recognized that most standard of living increases are associated with advances in technology, not the accumulation of capital. Yet it has also become clear that what truly separates developed from less developed countries is not just a gap in resources or output but a gap in knowledge. In fact the pace at which developing countries grow is largely determined by the pace at which they close that gap. Therefore, how countries learn and become more productive is key to understanding how they grow and develop, especially over the long term.
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5 out of 5 stars
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tecnico pero vale la pena
- By Anonymous User on 01-27-19
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What Works on Wall Street
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- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
The consistently best-selling What Works on Wall Street explores the investment strategies that have provided the best returns over the past 50 years - and which are the top performers today. The third edition of this BusinessWeek and New York Times best seller contains more than 50 percent new material and is designed to help you reshape your investment strategies for both the post-bubble market and the dramatically changed political landscape.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book on Value Investing
- By Nouille on 12-21-22
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
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- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,561
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,109
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,086
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is the classic guide to getting smart about the market. Legendary mutual fund pioneer John C. Bogle reveals his key to getting more out of investing: low-cost index funds. Bogle describes the simplest and most effective investment strategy for building wealth over the long term: buy and hold, at very low cost, a mutual fund that tracks a broad stock market Index such as the S&P 500.
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1 out of 5 stars
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One star for every point this 5 hour book makes.
- By Matt on 01-31-19
By: John C. Bogle
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Economics for the Common Good
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
When Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, he suddenly found himself being stopped in the street by complete strangers and asked to comment on issues of the day, no matter how distant from his own areas of research. His transformation from academic economist to public intellectual prompted him to reflect further on the role economists and their discipline play in society. The result is Economics for the Common Good, a passionate manifesto for a world in which economics, far from being a "dismal science," is a positive force for the common good.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Great Overview of the Challenges of Modern Econ
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 434
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Many scientific and philosophical ideas are so powerful that they can be applied to our lives at home, work, and school to help us think smarter and more effectively about our behavior and the world around us. Surprisingly, many of these ideas remain unknown to most of us. In Mindware, the world-renowned psychologist Richard Nisbett presents these ideas in clear and accessible detail, offering a tool kit for better thinking and wiser decisions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sound scientific advice on how to live your life
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The Art of Value Investing
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- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4 out of 5 stars 61
Whether you're a complete beginner in need of an A-to-Z value investing primer, an experienced investor looking to expand and fine-tune your repertoire of value investing skills, or an individual or institutional investor looking to identify the best money managers, this audiobook is for you. Authors John Heins and Whitney Tilson have brought together the collective wisdom of today's most successful value investors and distilled it into a series of actionable lessons you can put into practice right away.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Collection of quotations with no narrative
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The Index Revolution
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- By: Charles D. Ellis
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
The Index Revolution argues that active investing is a loser's game, and that a passive approach is more profitable in today's market. By adjusting your portfolio asset weights to match a performance index, you consistently earn higher rates of returns and come out on top in the long run. This book explains why, and describes how individual investors can take advantage of indexing to make their portfolio stronger and more profitable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A better way to invest
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The Book of Why
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- By: Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 833
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 690
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 688
"Correlation does not imply causation". This mantra has been invoked by scientists for decades and has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed causality - the study of cause and effect - on a firm scientific basis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book! Not a great audiobook.
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Pricing the Future
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- By: George Szpiro
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 145
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 116
Financial economist George G. Szpiro here tells the fascinating stories of the pioneers of mathematical finance who conducted the search for the elusive options pricing formula. From the broker's assistant who published the first mathematical explanation of financial markets to Albert Einstein and other scientists, Pricing the Future retraces the historical and intellectual developments that ultimately led to the widespread use of mathematical models to drive investment strategies on Wall Street.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Petty details detract from the topic
- By Philo on 04-08-12
By: George Szpiro
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