How Not to Be Deceived by Data

What if we are hardwired to fall victim to data illusions?

Those spurious patterns, those misleading headlines, and and those cognitive traps – often result in costly human mistakes.

It turns out that we can avoid these mental traps once we understand the statistical principles underlying games, chance and the role of luck in various aspects of life.

Today we are joined by Dr. Michael Orkin, a renowned statistician,
data scientist, and consultant whose career has spanned advising casino
odds-makers, coaching Fortune-100 strategy teams, and debunking
statistical myths in health, finance, and beyond. He currently serves on the the mathematics faculty at Berkeley City College.

In this episode of A Seat at The Table, Dr. Orkin will be discussing:

• What the vaccine-autism myth teach us about leaping from correlation to causation
• How can a tiny shift in sample size can turn a reliable poll into clickbait fodder
• How a self-styled Wall Street guru racked up a flawless crash-prediction
  record, and why that streak misleads

This is such an exciting topic. So let’s dive in and learn about the statistics behind the headlines.