Statistics

Numbers tell stories, and the books in this section reveal how data, probability, and patterns shape everything from financial markets and trading strategies to human behavior and decision-making. Whether you're looking to sharpen your analytical thinking or gain a competitive edge in business and investing, these works transform raw statistics into powerful, real-world insights.

Statistics Résumés de livres

Antifragile

par Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2012

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

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🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

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Antifragile

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

par Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012 493 pages

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🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Logic Of Sports Betting

par Ed Miller • 2019

Forget picking winners. The real money in sports betting is hidden in the market's pricing mistakes.

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🏈 Sports Betting 📊 Market Microstructure ℹ️ Information Asymmetry 💱 Arbitrage Strategy 🎲 Odds And Probability

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The Logic Of Sports Betting

Forget picking winners. The real money in sports betting is hidden in the market's pricing mistakes.

par Ed Miller 2019 239 pages

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🏈 Sports Betting 📊 Market Microstructure ℹ️ Information Asymmetry 💱 Arbitrage Strategy 🎲 Odds And Probability

Réussir en trading

par THARP • 1998

A random coin toss beat every entry method when paired with the right exit rules.

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🧠 Trading Psychology 🤖 Systematic Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 📏 Position Sizing 🔍 Cognitive Biases

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Réussir en trading

A random coin toss beat every entry method when paired with the right exit rules.

par THARP 1998 482 pages

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🧠 Trading Psychology 🤖 Systematic Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 📏 Position Sizing 🔍 Cognitive Biases

Lean Analytics

par Alistair Croll • 2013

Pick the right metric, ignore the rest: a stage-by-stage field guide to startup analytics.

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🚀 Startup Strategy 📊 Business Metrics 🔄 Lean Methodology 📈 Product Analytics 🎯 Data-Driven Decisions

Lean Analytics

Pick the right metric, ignore the rest: a stage-by-stage field guide to startup analytics.

par Alistair Croll 2013 440 pages

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🚀 Startup Strategy 📊 Business Metrics 🔄 Lean Methodology 📈 Product Analytics 🎯 Data-Driven Decisions

L'esprit organisé

par Daniel J. Levitin • 2014

Attention bandwidth: 120 bits per second. Two conversations fill it. Defend the rest.

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🌊 Information Overload 💼 Knowledge Work 🎯 Attention Management 🧠 Memory Systems 📋 Productivity Systems

L'esprit organisé

Attention bandwidth: 120 bits per second. Two conversations fill it. Defend the rest.

par Daniel J. Levitin 2014 528 pages

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🌊 Information Overload 💼 Knowledge Work 🎯 Attention Management 🧠 Memory Systems 📋 Productivity Systems

Buyology

par Martin Lindstrom • 2008

Customers don't know why they buy. Brain scans do, and the answers overturn marketing gospel.

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🧠 Consumer Psychology 🔬 Marketing Science 💸 Behavioral Economics 🏷️ Brand Psychology 👃 Sensory Marketing

Buyology

Customers don't know why they buy. Brain scans do, and the answers overturn marketing gospel.

par Martin Lindstrom 2008 272 pages

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🧠 Consumer Psychology 🔬 Marketing Science 💸 Behavioral Economics 🏷️ Brand Psychology 👃 Sensory Marketing

Building Winning Algorithmic Trading Systems

par Kevin J. Davey • 2014

Most backtests lie. A structured process for building algorithmic trading systems that survive live.

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📊 Quantitative Trading 🤖 Algorithmic Trading ⚙️ Trading Systems 🔬 Backtesting 📏 Position Sizing

Building Winning Algorithmic Trading Systems

Most backtests lie. A structured process for building algorithmic trading systems that survive live.

par Kevin J. Davey 2014 288 pages

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📊 Quantitative Trading 🤖 Algorithmic Trading ⚙️ Trading Systems 🔬 Backtesting 📏 Position Sizing

The Art and Science of Technical Analysis

par Adam H. Grimes • 2012

Four setups repeat in every market. Surviving traders know them, size them, and wait.

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🔍 Technical Analysis 📈 Price Action 🏗️ Market Structure 🧠 Trading Psychology ⚠️ Risk Management

The Art and Science of Technical Analysis

Four setups repeat in every market. Surviving traders know them, size them, and wait.

par Adam H. Grimes 2012 480 pages

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🔍 Technical Analysis 📈 Price Action 🏗️ Market Structure 🧠 Trading Psychology ⚠️ Risk Management

Expert Political Judgment

par Philip E. Tetlock • 2005

Political pundits barely beat chance. Those who change their minds and doubt themselves do best.

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🔮 Political Forecasting 🧠 Expert Judgment 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking 🤔 Intellectual Humility

Expert Political Judgment

Political pundits barely beat chance. Those who change their minds and doubt themselves do best.

par Philip E. Tetlock 2005 344 pages

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🔮 Political Forecasting 🧠 Expert Judgment 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking 🤔 Intellectual Humility

Study Guide to Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets

par John J. Murphy • 1987

Markets leave footprints. This is the field guide for tracking them from trend to trade.

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🧱 Technical Analysis 📊 Chart Reading 🔍 Chart Patterns 🧠 Market Psychology 📈 Trading Indicators

Study Guide to Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets

Markets leave footprints. This is the field guide for tracking them from trend to trade.

par John J. Murphy 1987 160 pages

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🧱 Technical Analysis 📊 Chart Reading 🔍 Chart Patterns 🧠 Market Psychology 📈 Trading Indicators

Moneyball

par Michael Lewis • 2003

A broke baseball team won by obsessing over one stat the rest of the league ignored.

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⚾ Baseball Analytics 📊 Sabermetrics 📉 Market Inefficiencies 💎 Undervalued Assets ⚡ Disruptive Strategy

Moneyball

A broke baseball team won by obsessing over one stat the rest of the league ignored.

par Michael Lewis 2003 272 pages

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⚾ Baseball Analytics 📊 Sabermetrics 📉 Market Inefficiencies 💎 Undervalued Assets ⚡ Disruptive Strategy

La théorie du poker

par David Sklansky • 1983

A professional player reveals the theorem that turned poker from a gamble into a science.

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♠️ Poker Strategy 🧮 Poker Mathematics 💸 Advantage Play 🎯 Game Theory 🧠 Poker Psychology

La théorie du poker

A professional player reveals the theorem that turned poker from a gamble into a science.

par David Sklansky 1983 301 pages

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♠️ Poker Strategy 🧮 Poker Mathematics 💸 Advantage Play 🎯 Game Theory 🧠 Poker Psychology

The Missing Billionaires

par Victor Haghani • 2023

Most fortunes aren't lost on bad picks. They're lost because no one asks how much.

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📏 Investment Sizing ⚖️ Asset Allocation 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🛡️ Risk Management 🏖️ Retirement Planning

The Missing Billionaires

Most fortunes aren't lost on bad picks. They're lost because no one asks how much.

par Victor Haghani 2023 416 pages

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📏 Investment Sizing ⚖️ Asset Allocation 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🛡️ Risk Management 🏖️ Retirement Planning

Python Data Science Handbook

par Jake VanderPlas • 2016

Four libraries, one workflow: the Python path from raw data to validated predictions.

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📊 Data Science 🤖 Machine Learning 🐍 Scientific Python 🧹 Data Preprocessing ⚙️ Feature Engineering

Python Data Science Handbook

Four libraries, one workflow: the Python path from raw data to validated predictions.

par Jake VanderPlas 2016 548 pages

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📊 Data Science 🤖 Machine Learning 🐍 Scientific Python 🧹 Data Preprocessing ⚙️ Feature Engineering

Humble Pi

par Matt Parker • 2019

Math errors have sunk ships and crashed economies. A mathematician-comedian explains why.

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Humble Pi

Math errors have sunk ships and crashed economies. A mathematician-comedian explains why.

par Matt Parker 2019 314 pages

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Trading Systems and Methods

par Perry J. Kaufman • 1997

Markets follow quantifiable patterns. The reference for turning them into trading systems.

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📊 Technical Analysis ⚙️ Systematic Trading 📈 Trend Following 📉 Momentum Trading 🔬 Backtesting Methods

Trading Systems and Methods

Markets follow quantifiable patterns. The reference for turning them into trading systems.

par Perry J. Kaufman 1997 1919 pages

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📊 Technical Analysis ⚙️ Systematic Trading 📈 Trend Following 📉 Momentum Trading 🔬 Backtesting Methods

Dataclysm

par Christian Rudder • 2014

Big data from dating sites and social media exposes the uncomfortable truths we hide from ourselves.

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📊 Big Data 💘 Online Dating 🖥️ Digital Anthropology 👣 Digital Footprints 🎭 Online Identity

Dataclysm

Big data from dating sites and social media exposes the uncomfortable truths we hide from ourselves.

par Christian Rudder 2014 304 pages

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📊 Big Data 💘 Online Dating 🖥️ Digital Anthropology 👣 Digital Footprints 🎭 Online Identity

Thinking Basketball

par Ben Taylor • 2016

Championship rings say nothing about a player. Neither does points per game. The stats that do.

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🔢 Basketball Analytics 🧠 Cognitive Bias 📊 Statistical Thinking ⛹️ Basketball Strategy 🧪 Behavioral Economics

Thinking Basketball

Championship rings say nothing about a player. Neither does points per game. The stats that do.

par Ben Taylor 2016 180 pages

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🔢 Basketball Analytics 🧠 Cognitive Bias 📊 Statistical Thinking ⛹️ Basketball Strategy 🧪 Behavioral Economics

Competing on Analytics

par Thomas H. Davenport • 2007

Why some companies (like Amazon and Capital One) win by making bets on data, not hunches.

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📊 Analytics Strategy 🔮 Predictive Modeling 📋 Fact-Based Decisions 🧠 Analytics Culture 🗄️ Data Management

Competing on Analytics

Why some companies (like Amazon and Capital One) win by making bets on data, not hunches.

par Thomas H. Davenport 2007 218 pages

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📊 Analytics Strategy 🔮 Predictive Modeling 📋 Fact-Based Decisions 🧠 Analytics Culture 🗄️ Data Management

Les secrets des indicateurs économiques

par Bernard Baumohl • 2004

Which economic reports swing markets, and how to trade them before the crowd catches on.

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📊 Economic Indicators 📈 Financial Markets 🌐 Macro Investing 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔄 Business Cycle

Les secrets des indicateurs économiques

Which economic reports swing markets, and how to trade them before the crowd catches on.

par Bernard Baumohl 2004 401 pages

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📊 Economic Indicators 📈 Financial Markets 🌐 Macro Investing 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔄 Business Cycle

A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market

par John Allen Paulos • 2003

The market's worst crashes aren't anomalies: they're built into the math most investors ignore.

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💰 Behavioral Finance 📈 Stock Market 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Market Efficiency 📊 Statistical Thinking

A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market

The market's worst crashes aren't anomalies: they're built into the math most investors ignore.

par John Allen Paulos 2003 224 pages

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💰 Behavioral Finance 📈 Stock Market 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Market Efficiency 📊 Statistical Thinking

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem

par Gregg Colburn • 2022

Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.

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� Housing Policy 🏙️ Urban Economics 🏘️ Affordable Housing 🏡 Housing First 🗺️ Urban Planning

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem

Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.

par Gregg Colburn 2022 284 pages

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� Housing Policy 🏙️ Urban Economics 🏘️ Affordable Housing 🏡 Housing First 🗺️ Urban Planning

The Ethical Algorithm

par Michael Kearns • 2019

Algorithms don't do ethics by default. Making them fair takes math, and the math demands trade-offs.

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⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎲 Game Theory 🔬 Reproducibility Crisis

The Ethical Algorithm

Algorithms don't do ethics by default. Making them fair takes math, and the math demands trade-offs.

par Michael Kearns 2019 230 pages

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⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎲 Game Theory 🔬 Reproducibility Crisis

Epidemiology

par Leon Gordis • 2000

The epidemiologist's method: how to measure disease, design studies, and prove what causes illness.

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📊 Epidemiology 🏥 Public Health 📋 Study Design 🔗 Causal Inference 📈 Biostatistics

Epidemiology

The epidemiologist's method: how to measure disease, design studies, and prove what causes illness.

par Leon Gordis 2000 335 pages

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📊 Epidemiology 🏥 Public Health 📋 Study Design 🔗 Causal Inference 📈 Biostatistics

The Failure of Risk Management

par Douglas W. Hubbard • 2009

Standard risk management makes decisions worse than guessing. The fix is simpler than you think.

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🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Quantitative Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Decision Analysis 📐 Bayesian Methods

The Failure of Risk Management

Standard risk management makes decisions worse than guessing. The fix is simpler than you think.

par Douglas W. Hubbard 2009 367 pages

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🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Quantitative Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Decision Analysis 📐 Bayesian Methods

Practical SQL

par Anthony DeBarros • 2022

Write real SQL: load data, join tables, run statistics, map locations, and query JSON in PostgreSQL.

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💾 Sql 📊 Data Analysis 🗃️ Relational Databases 📖 Data Storytelling 🛠️ Learn By Doing

Practical SQL

Write real SQL: load data, join tables, run statistics, map locations, and query JSON in PostgreSQL.

par Anthony DeBarros 2022 427 pages

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💾 Sql 📊 Data Analysis 🗃️ Relational Databases 📖 Data Storytelling 🛠️ Learn By Doing

Don't Trust Your Gut

par Seth Stephens-Davidowitz • 2022

Intuition fails at love, wealth, and happiness. Here is what millions of data points say instead.

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🧠 Data-Driven Life 📊 Behavioral Economics 😊 Happiness Research 📈 Big Data Insights 💰 Wealth Building

Don't Trust Your Gut

Intuition fails at love, wealth, and happiness. Here is what millions of data points say instead.

par Seth Stephens-Davidowitz 2022 320 pages

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🧠 Data-Driven Life 📊 Behavioral Economics 😊 Happiness Research 📈 Big Data Insights 💰 Wealth Building

The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology

par Chris Chambers • 2017

How psychology's methods enable bias, fraud, and shaky results, and the reform that could fix them.

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🔬 Research Methods 🔄 Replication Crisis 🔓 Open Science 🚫 Research Misconduct 📊 Data Manipulation

The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology

How psychology's methods enable bias, fraud, and shaky results, and the reform that could fix them.

par Chris Chambers 2017 288 pages

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🔬 Research Methods 🔄 Replication Crisis 🔓 Open Science 🚫 Research Misconduct 📊 Data Manipulation

The Little Book of Stock Market Cycles

par Jeffrey A. Hirsch • 2012

The months that have delivered nearly all stock market gains for decades. The seasonal playbook.

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🌀 Market Cycles 📅 Seasonal Investing ⏱️ Market Timing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Market History

The Little Book of Stock Market Cycles

The months that have delivered nearly all stock market gains for decades. The seasonal playbook.

par Jeffrey A. Hirsch 2012 240 pages

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🌀 Market Cycles 📅 Seasonal Investing ⏱️ Market Timing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Market History

More Than You Know

par Michael J. Mauboussin • 2006

Markets follow the rules of ant colonies, poker games, and cognitive biases, not economic models.

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📈 Investment Philosophy 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🕸️ Complex Systems

More Than You Know

Markets follow the rules of ant colonies, poker games, and cognitive biases, not economic models.

par Michael J. Mauboussin 2006 268 pages

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📈 Investment Philosophy 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🕸️ Complex Systems

Think Twice

par Michael J. Mauboussin • 2009

Smart people fail at decisions because the mind's ancient shortcuts misfire in modern complexity.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📊 Decision Science 🔗 Systems Thinking 🎲 Luck Vs Skill

Think Twice

Smart people fail at decisions because the mind's ancient shortcuts misfire in modern complexity.

par Michael J. Mauboussin 2009 224 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📊 Decision Science 🔗 Systems Thinking 🎲 Luck Vs Skill

The Nones

par Ryan P. Burge • 2021

One in four Americans has left religion. Data shows who might return, and why most won't.

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🗽 American Religion 🌍 Secularization 📊 Survey Research 🚫 Religious Nones ⚖️ Religion And Politics

The Nones

One in four Americans has left religion. Data shows who might return, and why most won't.

par Ryan P. Burge 2021 157 pages

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🗽 American Religion 🌍 Secularization 📊 Survey Research 🚫 Religious Nones ⚖️ Religion And Politics

Best Things First

par Bjørn Lomborg • 2023

Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.

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🌍 Development Economics 📊 Benefit-Cost Analysis 🤲 Effective Altruism 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🎯 Policy Prioritization

Best Things First

Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.

par Bjørn Lomborg 2023 314 pages

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🌍 Development Economics 📊 Benefit-Cost Analysis 🤲 Effective Altruism 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🎯 Policy Prioritization

The Hot Hand

par Ben Cohen • 2020

Stephen Curry didn't just get hot. He changed what science believes about streaks.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🏀 Sports Analytics 🎲 Randomness And Probability 🎯 Luck Versus Skill

The Hot Hand

Stephen Curry didn't just get hot. He changed what science believes about streaks.

par Ben Cohen 2020 304 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🏀 Sports Analytics 🎲 Randomness And Probability 🎯 Luck Versus Skill

Discrimination and Disparities

par Thomas Sowell • 2018

Disparities are the norm. Discrimination explains far less than we think.

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📊 Group Disparities 🎯 Discrimination Economics 🔢 Statistical Literacy 🔄 Unintended Consequences ⚖️ Political Economy

Discrimination and Disparities

Disparities are the norm. Discrimination explains far less than we think.

par Thomas Sowell 2018 192 pages

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📊 Group Disparities 🎯 Discrimination Economics 🔢 Statistical Literacy 🔄 Unintended Consequences ⚖️ Political Economy

Visible Learning for Teachers

par John Hattie • 2012

One teacher habit outperforms every method: constantly checking whether students actually learned.

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🧪 Evidence-Based Teaching 📊 Teacher Effectiveness 📝 Formative Assessment 🧠 Educational Psychology 🎯 Student Engagement

Visible Learning for Teachers

One teacher habit outperforms every method: constantly checking whether students actually learned.

par John Hattie 2012 280 pages

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🧪 Evidence-Based Teaching 📊 Teacher Effectiveness 📝 Formative Assessment 🧠 Educational Psychology 🎯 Student Engagement

The Quick Fix

par Jesse Singal • 2021

How psychology's biggest fads escaped the lab, became policy, and did harm, despite the evidence.

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🧠 Pop Psychology 🔬 Bad Science 🧪 Replication Crisis 📺 Media Hype 📰 Science Journalism

The Quick Fix

How psychology's biggest fads escaped the lab, became policy, and did harm, despite the evidence.

par Jesse Singal 2021 352 pages

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🧠 Pop Psychology 🔬 Bad Science 🧪 Replication Crisis 📺 Media Hype 📰 Science Journalism

Candlestick Charting For Dummies

par Russell Rhoads • 2008

Four data points, dozens of patterns: how to read the charts that professional traders actually use.

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📈 Technical Analysis 🕯️ Candlestick Patterns 🇯🇵 Japanese Charting 💹 Active Trading 🌱 New Traders

Candlestick Charting For Dummies

Four data points, dozens of patterns: how to read the charts that professional traders actually use.

par Russell Rhoads 2008 368 pages

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📈 Technical Analysis 🕯️ Candlestick Patterns 🇯🇵 Japanese Charting 💹 Active Trading 🌱 New Traders

I Got Schooled

par M. Night Shyamalan • 2013

Five data-backed patterns that close America's education gap, from a filmmaker who hunted them down.

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📉 Achievement Gap 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Data-Driven Instruction 🎓 Teacher Effectiveness ⚖️ Education Equity

I Got Schooled

Five data-backed patterns that close America's education gap, from a filmmaker who hunted them down.

par M. Night Shyamalan 2013 321 pages

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📉 Achievement Gap 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Data-Driven Instruction 🎓 Teacher Effectiveness ⚖️ Education Equity

Maxims for Thinking Analytically

par Dan Levy • 2021

Extreme cases and simple division: Harvard legend's toolkit for sharper thinking amid uncertainty.

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🧠 Decision Science 📋 Policy Analysis 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models

Maxims for Thinking Analytically

Extreme cases and simple division: Harvard legend's toolkit for sharper thinking amid uncertainty.

par Dan Levy 2021 211 pages

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🧠 Decision Science 📋 Policy Analysis 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models

How to Predict Everything

par William Poundstone • 2019

The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.

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☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Bayesian Epistemology 🔭 Anthropic Reasoning 💻 Simulation Hypothesis 👽 Fermi Paradox

How to Predict Everything

The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.

par William Poundstone 2019 304 pages

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☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Bayesian Epistemology 🔭 Anthropic Reasoning 💻 Simulation Hypothesis 👽 Fermi Paradox

The Flaw of Averages

par Sam L. Savage • 2009

A single average can sink your plan. The missing skill: thinking in distributions.

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🧠 Decision Science 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking ⚠️ Risk Management 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎰 Monte Carlo Methods

The Flaw of Averages

A single average can sink your plan. The missing skill: thinking in distributions.

par Sam L. Savage 2009 416 pages

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🧠 Decision Science 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking ⚠️ Risk Management 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎰 Monte Carlo Methods

Entry and Exit Confessions of a Champion Trader

par Kevin J. Davey • 2019

A champion's playbook: 41 entries, 11 exits, and the testing rigor to build systems that work.

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🖥️ Algorithmic Trading 🔄 Systematic Trading 🏗️ Trading Strategy Design 🔬 Backtesting Methods 🚪 Market Entry And Exit

Entry and Exit Confessions of a Champion Trader

A champion's playbook: 41 entries, 11 exits, and the testing rigor to build systems that work.

par Kevin J. Davey 2019 100 pages

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🖥️ Algorithmic Trading 🔄 Systematic Trading 🏗️ Trading Strategy Design 🔬 Backtesting Methods 🚪 Market Entry And Exit

Volatility Trading, + website

par Euan Sinclair • 2008

Options profit from the size of the move, not direction. How to isolate and trade volatility.

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📊 Options Trading 🔢 Quantitative Trading 📈 Volatility Modeling 🧠 Behavioral Finance 💭 Trading Psychology

Volatility Trading, + website

Options profit from the size of the move, not direction. How to isolate and trade volatility.

par Euan Sinclair 2008 224 pages

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📊 Options Trading 🔢 Quantitative Trading 📈 Volatility Modeling 🧠 Behavioral Finance 💭 Trading Psychology

Trading Options Greeks

par Dan Passarelli • 2012

Direction alone won't make you money in options. The five risk measures that will.

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📈 Options Trading 📊 Financial Derivatives 🌊 Volatility Trading 🧮 Option Pricing Models ⚖️ Position Management

Trading Options Greeks

Direction alone won't make you money in options. The five risk measures that will.

par Dan Passarelli 2012 372 pages

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📈 Options Trading 📊 Financial Derivatives 🌊 Volatility Trading 🧮 Option Pricing Models ⚖️ Position Management

The (Mis) Behavior of Markets

par Benoît B. Mandelbrot • 1997

Ten trading days can hold half a market's losses, and the standard models never see them coming.

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🧮 Financial Modeling 🌪️ Market Volatility 🧪 Complexity Science ⚠️ Risk Management 🎯 Efficient Market Critique

The (Mis) Behavior of Markets

Ten trading days can hold half a market's losses, and the standard models never see them coming.

par Benoît B. Mandelbrot 1997

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🧮 Financial Modeling 🌪️ Market Volatility 🧪 Complexity Science ⚠️ Risk Management 🎯 Efficient Market Critique

How to Measure Anything Workbook

par Douglas W. Hubbard • 2014

Why everything is measurable and how to do it: a toolkit for turning uncertainties into dollars.

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📏 Intangible Measurement 🎲 Uncertainty Reduction 📊 Decision Analysis 🧮 Bayesian Reasoning ⚠️ Risk Modeling

How to Measure Anything Workbook

Why everything is measurable and how to do it: a toolkit for turning uncertainties into dollars.

par Douglas W. Hubbard 2014 160 pages

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📏 Intangible Measurement 🎲 Uncertainty Reduction 📊 Decision Analysis 🧮 Bayesian Reasoning ⚠️ Risk Modeling

The Norm Chronicles

par Michael Blastland • 2014

Why we fear plane crashes but not burgers: the stories and numbers behind your worst instincts.

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🗣️ Risk Communication 🎲 Probability Literacy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📊 Health Statistics

The Norm Chronicles

Why we fear plane crashes but not burgers: the stories and numbers behind your worst instincts.

par Michael Blastland 2014 336 pages

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🗣️ Risk Communication 🎲 Probability Literacy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📊 Health Statistics

Risk Intelligence

par Dylan Evans • 2012

Your probability estimates are worse than you think. It's trainable, and the payoff is real.

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📊 Risk Literacy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probability Estimation 📈 Bayesian Thinking

Risk Intelligence

Your probability estimates are worse than you think. It's trainable, and the payoff is real.

par Dylan Evans 2012 276 pages

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📊 Risk Literacy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probability Estimation 📈 Bayesian Thinking

Guide to Economic Indicators

par The Economist • 1998

GDP, inflation, employment: what headline numbers hide and a field guide to reading them critically.

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🏷️ Economic Indicators 📊 Data Interpretation 🏦 Central Banking 📋 Fiscal Policy 🔄 Business Cycles

Guide to Economic Indicators

GDP, inflation, employment: what headline numbers hide and a field guide to reading them critically.

par The Economist 1998 244 pages

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🏷️ Economic Indicators 📊 Data Interpretation 🏦 Central Banking 📋 Fiscal Policy 🔄 Business Cycles

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