Customer Reviews
Fascinating - By: Paul M. Clark, 14 Oct 2008 
A fascinating book. On the face of it, it is about statistics, but actually it is about something far deeper - how we perceive & interpret the information that affects all our lives deeply. Ex post, everything you read seems like common sense, ex ante however it is not. This simple, highly entertaining book will provide you with a practical sense of how to interpret much of what you hearin the press. You will never view a numberin the same way again (and that is a very good thing).
Very Very Basic - By: NeilC, 11 Aug 2008 
While the topic of this book is interesting & the authors do wellin presenting each type of analysis / data fallacy with interesting examples anyone who can remember any maths from school should find this very basic & really not worth their time.
Making the boring bit of the news interesting. - By: J. Duducu, 06 Aug 2008 
Freakanomics got a big push by its publishers & was quite the book to be seen to be reading about a year ago. Here with "The tiger that isn't" is a similar book aimed at a similar market but with nowhere near the same exposure.
Essentially this is a very well written book that talks the layman (like me) through the fog of averages, chance & statistical anomalies. Yes, that does sound a bit dull but there are excellent down-to-earth examples & information that will stickin your mind. Did you know for example that you almost invariable have MORE than the AVERAGE number of feet?
It didn't get the full 5 stars as it is quite a slender tome (like Freakanomics) but it is always well written with thought provoking examples & a definite sense of humour.
If you want an intelligent & fun read on a topic that you are unlikely to know much about, or you want to know more about what numbers actually mean when they are grandly announced on the news then this is the book for you.
