{"product_id":"an-adventure-in-statistics-the-reality-enigma-paperback","title":"An Adventure in Statistics: The Reality Enigma - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndy Field\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unique blend of novel and textbook from bestselling author Andy Field that provides a complete introduction to statistics - alongside a terrifying probability bridge, zombies and a talking cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Field is \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Quantitative Methods\u003c\/em\u003e at the University of Sussex. He has published widely (100+ research papers, 29 book chapters, and 17 books in various editions) in the areas of child anxiety and psychological methods and statistics. His current research interests focus on barriers to learning mathematics and statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is internationally known as a statistics educator. He has written several widely used statistics textbooks including \u003cem\u003eDiscovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the 2007 British Psychological Society book award), \u003cem\u003eDiscovering Statistics Using R\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAn Adventure in Statistics\u003c\/em\u003e (shortlisted for the British Psychological Society book award, 2017; British Book Design and Production Awards, primary, secondary and tertiary education category, 2016; and the Association of Learned \u0026amp; Professional Society Publishers Award for innovation in publishing, 2016), which teaches statistics through a fictional narrative and uses graphic novel elements. He has also written the adventr and discovr packages for the statistics software R that teach statistics and R through interactive tutorials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis uncontrollable enthusiasm for teaching statistics to psychologists has led to teaching awards from the University of Sussex (2001, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019), the British Psychological Society (2006) and a prestigious UK National Teaching fellowship (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe′s done the usual academic things: had grants, been on editorial boards, done lots of admin\/service but he finds it tedious trying to remember this stuff. None of them matter anyway because in the unlikely event that you′ve ever heard of him it′ll be as the ′Stats book guy′. In his spare time, he plays the drums very noisily in a heavy metal band, and walks his cocker spaniel, both of which he finds therapeutic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 664\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46577644503084,"sku":"9781529797138","price":190.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/Jq857FZGoy9781529797138.webp?v=1793785924","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/an-adventure-in-statistics-the-reality-enigma-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}