Authors

12/06/07

Authors

These authors have written books that are a major influence on statistical literacy.

Joel Best (shown above) has written on the production of statistics as a social process.
John Allen Paulos has written on innumeracy in various forms.
Gerald Bracey has written extensively on education and education research.
Howard Wainer has written on statistics and graphs.
Gerd Gigerenzer has written on risk and conditional probability.
Dennis Haack has written on statistical double-speak.

SIX FEATURED AUTHORS

BEST

PAULOS

BRACEY

WAINER

GIGERENZER

HAACK

RECOMMENDED INTRO BOOKS

Lynn Steen (2001), Mathematics & Democracy: The Case for Quantitative Literacy
Joel Best (2002), Damned Lies and Statistics
Victor Cohn (1989), News and Numbers
Howard Wainer (2005), Graphic Discovery: A Trout in the Milk and Other Adventures.
Darrell Huff (1954), How To Lie with Statistics
John Paulos (1988), Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences

Lynn Steen (2004), Achieving Quantitative Literacy
Jane Miller (2004), Chicago Guide to Writing About Numbers
Joel Best (2004), More Damned Lies and Statistics
Howard Wainer (2000), Visual Revelations
Edward Tufte (1995), Visual Explanations
Gerald Bracey (2006), Reading Educational Research
Lynn Steen (1997), Why Numbers Count: Quantitative Literacy for Tomorrow’s America

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