Truth or Truthiness: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction by Learning to Think Like a Data Scientist

Conflicting claims about data appear in the media every day, so how can people figure out what is right? Using the tools of causal inference, Howard Wainer *68’s new book, Truth or Truthiness: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction by Learning to Think Like a Data Scientist, evaluates the evidence, or lack thereof, supporting claims in many fields, showing how a data scientist can expose truthiness, nonsense, and outright deception.