Book Review – You Decide What’s Next
I have a vacation coming up where I’m going away with my family for an extended period. On this vacation, I won’t be doing any work, analytics or any work that is data/chart related. OK, I may end up seeing how many Corona lime wedges on average fit into a a whole lime [pie chart]. There is going to be fun, sun, family time, some tigers, lazy rivers and relaxation. Scratch that; I forgot I’m going with my 4 and 1 year olds, so there’s bound to be fun and sun, but not so much on the relaxation front.
Now, the point of this post – I have three books related to data, statistics and analytics that are in my queue. I read these books for work, but also because it’s my passion so I get a pass while on vacation. What I want to know from you is what book would you like me to tackle first with a review to follow on this blog. Here are the three books to choose from:
- Creating More Effective Graphs by Naomi Robbins
- Analytics at Work by Tom Davenport
- The Flaw of Averages by Sam Savage
Post the book you want me to review first in the comments section below or you can send me a message! Thank you!
April 30th, 2010 at 8:41 am
No. 1, please.
April 30th, 2010 at 8:56 am
Agree with no. 1
April 30th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Tony,
3,2,1. Personally, I really want to read Naomi’s book but after reading Stephen Few’s books, I can hold off. You are in the same boat so…enjoy.
@dmgerbino
May 2nd, 2010 at 4:27 am
3, 2, 1 for the same reasons as David. There is an abundance of stuff out there on graphs and the analytics one is just a follow up.
The Flaw of Averages is more important as there are few books that critique the common uses of statistics. The Cult of Statistical Significance is one, but this is only for poor academic uses of statistics and is not written concisely enough.
http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Statistical-Significance-Economics-Cognition/dp/0472050079
Something for flaws in business use of stats is needed.