Statistics and Faith A Christian Guide to Telling the Truth with Data Bringing Integrity to the Stories Numbers Tell Exploring a range of contemporary topics, professor of statistics Jason Wilson shows both non-experts and experts alike that statistics has something to say when it relates to the polarizing issues that we face today. Exploring topics such as gambling, Covid, and media bias, Wilson shows that the ways we collect, organize, analyze, and interpret data have something to say in conversation with the Christian faith.
Statistics and Faith A Christian Guide toTelling the Truth with Data
In Statistics and Faith , you’ll find
• examinations of contemporary issues using statistical concepts, tools, and theories; • case studies from history that show how statistics can be used in ways that are helpful or harmful; • application chapters based on over fifteen years of research; and • reflection questions to help you explore how to do statistics with integrity.
May 26, 2026 272 pages, paperback, 978-1-5140-1322-9 6 x 9 inches, $26.99 REL026000 RELIGION / Education
Excerpt from the Preface Statistics is a distinctive way of seeing the world. It is a comprehensive and unified way of discovering the truth about the world through data. If mathematics is the language of science, then statistics is the data dialect. In this book we will seek to explore this discipline as it interfaces with faith. JASON WILSON (PhD statistics, UC Riverside) is professor of statistics at Biola University where he oversees the statistics program and directs the Quantitative Consulting Center. He is the author of over twenty peer-reviewed journal articles and is a member of the American Statistical Association. He is the codeveloper of the Faith, Work and Money church integration survey and coinventor of the patented Quality of Pitch® MLB statistic.
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