说起统计,你可能既熟悉又陌生。说熟悉,电视上经常有这样的新闻播报,报纸上也会经常有这样的新闻;说陌生,很多统计指标、术语、数字,你可能茫茫然不知所云,也可能知其然不知其所以然。所以难免心中有问号、眼中有疑惑。一位著名的统计学家满怀信心地预言:“统计思维,如同读写能 Speaking of statistics, you may be familiar and unfamiliar. To be familiar with this news broadcast often on television, the newspaper will often have such news; said unfamiliar, a lot of statistical indicators, terms, numbers, you may be confused but unintelligible, it may also know that although I do not know why. So there is inevitably a question mark in my heart, in my eyes there is doubt. A famous statistician predicts with confidence: "Statistical thinking, like reading and writing