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<h3 style="text-decoration:none;">Numbersense: How to Use Big Data to Your Advantage</h3>

<h3 style="text-decoration:none;">Numbersense: How to Use Big Data to Your Advantage</h3>

<p class="author">by Kaiser Fung</p>

<p class="author">by Kaiser Fung</p>

<p>We live in a world of Big Data &#8212; and it's getting bigger every day. Virtually every choice we make hinges on how someone generates data . . . and how someone else interprets it &#8212; whether we realize it or not. The problem is, the more data we have, the more difficult it is to interpret it. From world leaders to average citizens, everyone is prone to making critical decisions based on poor data interpretations.</p>

<p>We live in a world of Big Data &#8212; and it's getting bigger every day. Virtually every choice we make hinges on how someone generates data . . . and how someone else interprets it &#8212; whether we realize it or not. The problem is, the more data we have, the more difficult it is to interpret it. From world leaders to average citizens, everyone is prone to making critical decisions based on poor data interpretations. <i>Numbersense</i> gives you the insight into how Big Data interpretation works &#8212; and how it too often doesn't work. You won't come away with the skills of a professional statistician, but you will have a keen understanding of the data traps even the best statisticians can fall into, and you'll trust the mental alarm that goes off in your head when something just doesn't seem to add up.</p>

<p><i>Numbersense</i> gives you the insight into how Big Data interpretation works &#8212; and how it too often doesn't work. You won't come away with the skills of a professional statistician, but you will have a keen understanding of the data traps even the best statisticians can fall into, and you'll trust the mental alarm that goes off in your head when something just doesn't seem to add up.</p>

<p class="recco">Recommended by the Office of the CIO of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, a GC Data Community partner</p>

<p class="recco">Recommended by the Office of the CIO of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, a GC Data Community partner</p>

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