Charles Wheelan

Author of Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

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About the Author

Charles Wheelan is the author of the best-selling Naked Statistics and Naked Economics and is a former correspondent for the Economist. He teaches public policy at Dartmouth College and lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his family.

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Works by Charles Wheelan

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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (2002) 1,594 copies

Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data (2013) 931 copies

Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters (2016) 165 copies

We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year (2021) 98 copies

10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said (2012) 62 copies

The Rationing: A Novel (2019) 35 copies

The Centrist Manifesto (2013) 30 copies

Write for Your Life: A Guide to Clear and Purposeful Writing (and Presentations) (2022) 18 copies

Introduction to Public Policy (2010) 16 copies

Naked Statistics_ Stripping the Dread from the Data. 1 copy

Naked Money_ A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters. 1 copy

Naked Economics_ Undressing the Dismal Science. 1 copy

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Legal name: Wheelan, Charles J.
Birthdate: 1966
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Education: Dartmouth College (BS)
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago (PhD)
Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs, Princeton University (MPA)
Occupations: lecturer
journalist
Organizations: The Economist
University of Chicago

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Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data by Charles Wheelan

An ambitious goal: to try to turn statistics into a fun approachable narrative... for the most part the author actually pulls this off, but then the book rides this line between how simple and powerful statistics are and how misleading they can be.

And yet not enough is said about the core assumptions that underlie statistics and exception cases. Long tails, the plague and opportunity of our current society are only spoken of broefly, networks and power laws, earthquakes and other disasters barely mentioned.… (more)

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