Data Games

H.I. Weisberg

Hardcover: 473 pages
Publisher: Causalitics Books, 2020
ISBN-13: 979-8631721760

Reviewed by John J. Wiorkowski

Reviews in this publication are usually of books dealing with theoretical or applied methods in statistics or probability. However, this book is neither. Rather, it is a novel in the mystery/thriller genre by that incorporates some applied statistics and probability concepts integrally into the story line. Indeed, the novel’s protagonist is a professor of biostatistics at a research university who does considerable consulting in litigation cases involving statistical evidence, usually as a foil to another statistician. He puts it this way: “Crossing swords with opposing statisticians who had committed egregious errors or outright distortions was especially gratifying.”

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