Statistics for Beginners

<p>Big Brother is watching you. Discover how statistics can be used to control our society.<br />Have you ever wondered what your neighbor does every morning at 8:35 am when you hear weird sounds coming from his balcony?<br /><br />Did you ever realize that the “likes“ you put on other people´s Instagram account will influence the next summer collection of Zara H&M and Nike?</p><p>Are you aware that whenever you swipe your credit card in the supermarket you are not only paying with money but you are <strong>giving valuable personal data away for free?</strong><br /><br />The science of collecting analyzing and interpreting data became a powerful tool to get useful information about humans and their environment. </p><p>Personal data has more value than ever and yet you leave terabytes of it for free on your devices or floating around in your cloud. <br /><br />Not only do Google and Facebook harvest billions from using your data for advertising but <strong>talented hackers have also created a luxurious living from stealing and selling your data.</strong><br />By now our entire world is build around reliable statistics.<br />Ummm. Reliable?</p><p>If I tell you <strong>baldness raises the cardiovascular disease risk up to 70%</strong> it is a true fact.<br />What I forgot to mention is baldness and old age are related. So what is the cause of cardiovascular diseases? Baldness or old age?<br />Statistics can be misleading and manipulating.<br />Yet there are incredible examples of how <strong>statistics helped to solve crimes</strong> and find a serial killer.</p>