Hand, D. J. <br/><br/>
Statistics : a very short introduction 

 - Oxford  Oxford University Press  2008 
 - 124p. 
<br/><br/> Sets the study of statistics in context, describing its history and giving examples of its impact, summarizes methods of gathering and evaluating data, and explains the role played by the science of chance, of probability, in statistical methods. Also explores philosophical issues of induction--how we use statistics to discern the true nature of reality from the limited observations we make. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-19-923356-4 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Statistics
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q 180 .H36 2008