The need for better skills to turn data into information during investigations is not new. Unfortunately, our education system has not kept up with developments in computers and management information systems . The ever-increasing tide of data has outstripped the ability of Investigators to make use of the data. The problem of general data analysis is no longer a small one that can be ignored. Statistics about every facet of business and our daily lives surround us. Yet when confronted by statistics, most Private Investigators don’t know how to evaluate the statistics, the data upon which they are based, or the collection method.
If you are in the position of having to evaluate statistics and don’t have much experience with this area, then these two excellent short books that cover most of what you need to know:
and Statistics without Tears: An Introduction for Non-Mathematicians (Penguin science)
Both of these appear on our Books Page.
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