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The Direct Approach
October 11th, 2007I recently read an excellent book about data analysis (no, really) by Ian Ayers called “Super Crunchers”, which is highly touted by Steven Levitt, a co-author of his that also co-wrote the bestseller “Freakonomics”. In fact, “Super Crunchers” was featured on the Freakonomics blog, and a giant Levitt quote adorns the book’s cover. (Which, of course, is how I found out about it; he’s over there in my sidebar on the right for a reason.) After I saw the book referenced again in The Economist, complete with a Black Swan reference, I knew I had to read …