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The book "Socio-Political Histories of Latin American Statistics" is a compilation that explores the production and institutionalization of official statistics in Latin America from the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century. The book uses multiple socio-historical records to reconstruct the Latin American statistical trajectory in different scenarios of profound social, economic, political, and cultural changes. Additionally, the book problematizes the idea of statistics as mere unquestioned evidence and reflects on the cognitive commitments and political implications of measuring aspects of social reality. The book constitutes an important contribution to the study of statistics and promotes dialogue among researchers from different latitudes. [Extracted from the article]

This book review of Handbook of Item Response Theory, Volume Two: Statistical Tools, includes detailed information about sections and individual chapters and the volume as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The book "Agencies and Officials of Peronist Argentina (1944-1955)" analyzes the formation of the Argentine state during the governments of Edelmiro Farrell and Juan D. Perón. It studies the creation of agencies, the officials and experts who integrated them, and the knowledge generated within them. It also examines state planning, the collection of statistical data, and the participation of government economists in policy development. The book highlights the heterogeneity and recomposition of the elites in power, as well as the continuity between Peronism and previous administrations. Quinto Sol magazine, volume 26, number 2, from May to August 2022, invites readers interested in various topics to explore its pages. [Extracted from the article]

In this book review, I offer a chapter-by-chapter recension and general comments about Richard McElreath's second edition of Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and STAN. Two examples of linear regression modeling and the generalized linear model with the book's own R package rethinking highlight the flexibility and usefulness of considering the Bayesian approach to statistical modeling advertised by McElreath. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives," by Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey.

A data scientist explains the common pitfalls of statistical analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "The Art of Statistics: How to Learn From Data," by David Spiegelhalter, is presented.

The article reviews the book "The Truth About Hoover," by J. Edgar Hoover.

The article reviews the book "The Conservative Mind," by Russell Kirk.

The article reviews the book "The New Science of Politics," by Eric Voegelin.

The article reviews the book "The Physiology of Taste," by Jean Brillat-Savarin.

The article reviews several books, including "In a Darkness," by James A. Wechsler, "The Savage God," by A. Alvarez, and "Suicide," by Jacques Choron.

A review of the book "The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail--But Some Don't" by Nate Silver is presented.

The article reviews the book "Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial Edition. Volume Two: Work and Welfare," edited by Susan Carter, Scott Gartner, Michael Haines, Alan Olmstead, Richard Sutch, and Gavin Wright.

David Hand and Lásló Mérő both grapple with the occurrence of seemingly impossible events in these two popular science books. In this comparative review, I describe the two books, and explain why I prefer Hand's treatment of the impossible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This piece briefly introduces my Painting By Numbers, which aims to take the core messages of the QL/QR community from academic and professional circles to the rest of the citizenry. I describe the book in the context of the critical need for the most basic numeracy tools to help consumers of news, information, and analysis--delivered through traditional and contemporary social media outlets--determine where a reported numerical result lies on the scale from utter nonsense to a widely established and accepted "fact." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "A Researcher's Guide to the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification," edited by David Rose and David J. Pevalin.

Reviews the book 'Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists,' by Joel Best.