Ethan Bueno de Mesquita

An engaging introduction to data science that emphasizes critical thinking over statistical techniques An introduction to data science or statistics shouldn't involve proving complex theorems or memorising obscure terms and formulas, but that is exactly what most introductory quantitative textbooks emphasise. In contrast, Thinking Clearly with Data focuses, first and foremost, on critical thinking and conceptual understanding in order to...

A clear and comprehensive framework for bridging the widening gap between theorists and empiricists in social science. The credibility revolution, with its emphasis on empirical methods for causal inference, has led to concerns among scholars that the canonical questions about politics and society are being neglected because they are no longer deemed answerable. Theory and Credibility stakes out an opposing...

An engaging introduction to data science that emphasizes critical thinking over statistical techniques An introduction to data science or statistics shouldn't involve proving complex theorems or memorising obscure terms and formulas, but that is exactly what most introductory quantitative textbooks emphasize. In contrast, Thinking Clearly with Data focuses, first and foremost, on critical thinking and conceptual understanding in order to...