The only prerequisite for enjoying this book is an interest in developing skills and insights to better understand news stories with quantitative content. Listen here.
How do you stay informed about world events? Was it a striking headline that caught your eye, or a news story reporting on recent research? What do you need to know to critically evaluate the news you consume? If you’re looking to develop your data literacy and critical thinking skills for understanding the numbers behind the news, Statistics Behind the Headlines is for you!
This audiobook is the product of a long-term collaboration between a statistician and a journalist, designed to illuminate the statistics behind the stories and the stories behind the statistics.
Each chapter begins with a headline and a summary of a news story. It then delves into the statistical and journalistic concepts needed to interpret the data analysed and reported in the story.
