{"id":24775,"date":"2020-07-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/?p=24775"},"modified":"2020-07-22T09:28:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T16:28:14","slug":"book-review-bayesian-statistics-the-fun-way-by-will-kurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/2020\/07\/21\/book-review-bayesian-statistics-the-fun-way-by-will-kurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way by Will Kurt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BayesianStats_No_Starch.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BayesianStats_No_Starch.png 200w, https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BayesianStats_No_Starch-114x150.png 114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way: Understanding Statistics and Probability with Star Wars, Lego, and Rubber Ducks,&#8221; by Will Kurt (2019 No Starch Press) is an excellent introduction to subjects critical to all data scientists. Will Kurt, in fact, is a data scientist! I always advise my data science classes at UCLA to engage these important subjects in order to obtain a well-rounded exposure to disciplines upon which data science is based. I&#8217;ve already added this title to my official bibliography of learning resources given to my students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The books it touted as a beginner&#8217;s guide to applying statistics to real-world situations, with exercises that place the rader in fun and familiar hypothetical situations to demonstrate the practical applications of Bayes&#8217; Theorem. I think of the book as a fun toolkit written by a data scientist for newbie data scientists. You&#8217;ll find that the tools and techniques make intuitive sense, useful for turning abstract or limited data into practical information. The book has an associated <a href=\"https:\/\/nostarch.com\/learnbayes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> that includes solutions to the book&#8217;s exercises and the end of each chapter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;Everyone can benefit from thinking about problems in a Bayesian way,&#8221; said author Will Kurt. &#8220;I wanted this book to be something someone could study on a plane flight and land able to make solid choices that involve probabilities and uncertainty.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen a number of other books that endeavor to introduce these topics, but Kurt&#8217;s book is something special in the easy to understand approach taken throughout. There is little mathematics which is entirely appropriate at the level intended for the reader (there&#8217;s plenty of time for a more mathematically rigorous treatment down the line). There is a modest amount of R programming code (starting in Chapter 4) gently integrated in the text, along with Appendix A which contains a very brief intro to R (more on this below). Bear in mind, this is not a programming book, but rather a descriptive book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Shining Resource for Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One way the book shines is its very lucid descriptions of rather technical topics. One of my favorite chapters was: Chapter 6 on Conditional Probability when Bayes Theorem is introduces. It is one of the best overviews I&#8217;ve read (certainly a prerequisite to reading <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/10.1098\/rstl.1763.0053\" target=\"_blank\">Bayes&#8217; original paper<\/a> from 1763). I also liked Chapter 8 which expands on the use of Bayesian reasoning. And subsequent discussions of parameter estimation and hypothesis testing are very useful for any budding data scientist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another way the books shines is with all the simple and familiar use case examples that serve to solidify the reader&#8217;s knowledge of the Bayesian way of problem solving. Take for instance these thoroughly worked-out examples: C3PO&#8217;s odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field in Star Wars, reasoning about LEGO bricks, the Mystic Seer in the Twilight Zone&#8217;s &#8220;The Nick of Time&#8221; episode, fairness of carnival games (e.g. pool of rubber ducks), etc. Most readers can readily embrace these examples, and this approachability lowers the barrier to the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following chapters are included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part 1: Introduction to Probability<\/strong><br><strong>Chapter 1<\/strong>: What Do You Believe and How Do You Change it?<br><strong>Chapter 2<\/strong>: Measuring Uncertainty<br><strong>Chapter 3<\/strong>: The Logic of Uncertainty<br><strong>Chapter 4<\/strong>: Probability Distributions 1<br><strong>Chapter 5<\/strong>: Probability Distributions 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part 2: Bayesian Probability and Prior Probabilities<\/strong><br><strong>Chapter 6<\/strong>: Conditional Probability<br><strong>Chapter 7:<\/strong> Bayes&#8217; Theorem with LEGO<br><strong>Chapter 8<\/strong>: Posterior, Likelihood, and Prior<br><strong>Chapter 9<\/strong>: Working with Prior Probability Distributions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part 3: Parameter Estimation<\/strong><br><strong>Chapter 10<\/strong>: Intro to Parameter Estimation<br><strong>Chapter 11<\/strong>: Measuring the Spread of Data<br><strong>Chapter 12<\/strong>: Normal Distribution and Confidence<br><strong>Chapter 13<\/strong>: Tools of Parameter Estimation<br><strong>Chapter 14<\/strong>: Parameter Estimation with Priors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part 4: Hypothesis Testing: The Heart of Statistics<\/strong><br><strong>Chapter 15<\/strong>: From Parameter Estimation to Hypothesis Testing<br><strong>Chapter 16<\/strong>: Comparing Hypotheses with Bayes Factor<br><strong>Chapter 17<\/strong>: Bayesian Reasoning in the Twilight Zone<br><strong>Chapter 18<\/strong>: When Data Doesn&#8217;t Convince You<br><strong>Chapter 19<\/strong>: From Hypothesis Testing to Parameter Estimation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Appendix A: A Crash Course in R<br>Appendix B: Enough Calculus to Get By<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Couple of Small Caveats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is really no downside of this book, but if I had to choose something to change, it would be to omit the two Appendix chapters. Appendix A &#8211; <em>A Quick Introduction to R<\/em> is too brief to be of any real use to a reader who knows nothing of R. I&#8217;m a data scientist who uses R to a considerable extent and I teach R in my data science classes and it takes at least 4 lectures of instruction to get up to speed and become productive. I would have simply recommended tutorials, classes, or videos to consume rather than trying to teach R in an 18 page chapter. Appendix B  &#8211; <em>Enough Calculus to Get By<\/em> is even less useful. Seriously? Calculus in 12 pages? Curiously, the reader of this book doesn&#8217;t even really need to understand Calculus, so why bother? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way <\/em>proves that statistics doesn&#8217;t have to be boring and restores its rightful place as a living science that can benefit everybody. Highly recommended book to all, especially early-stage data scientists!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Daniel_2018_pic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21778\" width=\"121\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Daniel_2018_pic.png 200w, https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Daniel_2018_pic-131x150.png 131w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>C<em>ontributed by Daniel D. Gutierrez, Editor-in-Chief and Resident Data Scientist for insideBIGDATA. In addition to being a tech journalist, Daniel also is a consultant in data scientist, author, educator and sits on a number of advisory boards for various start-up companies.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sign up for the free insideBIGDATA&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way: Understanding Statistics and Probability with Star Wars, Lego, and Rubber Ducks,&#8221; by Will Kurt (2019 No Starch Press) is an excellent introduction to subjects critical to all data scientists. Will Kurt, in fact, is a data scientist! I always advise my data science classes at UCLA to engage these important subjects in order to obtain a well-rounded exposure to disciplines upon which data science is based. 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