The third World Statistics Day will be celebrated around the globe on 20 October 2020 with the theme “Connecting the world with data we can trust”. This theme reflects on the importance of trust, authoritative data, innovation and the public good in national statistical systems.

We asked our authors of some recent books to give us their thoughts on the important role statistical methods play in ensuring the trustworthiness of data and their interpretation.

To celebrate World Statistics Day 2020 we're offering 20% off when ordering on routledge.com. Scroll down to learn more about our latest and bestselling Statistics books and use code JKL20 to claim your discount.

Understanding Elections through Statistics : Polling, Prediction, and Testing - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Understanding Elections through Statistics: Polling, Prediction, and Testing
By Ole J. Forsberg
USD $74.95 $59.96
September 29, 2020 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9780367895358
Paperback
225 Pages

R Markdown Cookbook - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
R Markdown Cookbook
By Yihui Xie, Christophe Dervieux, Emily Riederer
USD $38.95 $31.16
October 20, 2020 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9780367563837
Paperback
360 Pages

Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks : Saving Humanity from the Next Plague - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks: Saving Humanity from the Next Plague
By Steven E Rigdon, Ronald D. Fricker, Jr.
USD $42.95 $34.36
February 21, 2020 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9781138742345
Paperback
216 Pages

Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics
By Andre Python
USD $42.95 $34.36
July 10, 2020 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9780367472245
Paperback
150 Pages

Basketball Data Science : With Applications in R - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Basketball Data Science: With Applications in R
By Paola Zuccolotto, Marica Manisera
USD $64.95 $51.96
January 14, 2020 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9781138600799
Paperback
244 Pages

Data Science and Machine Learning : Mathematical and Statistical Methods - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Data Science and Machine Learning: Mathematical and Statistical Methods
By Dirk P. Kroese, Zdravko Botev, Thomas Taimre, Radislav Vaisman
USD $115.00 $92.00
November 22, 2019 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9781138492530
Hardback
538 Pages

R Visualizations : Derive Meaning from Data - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
R Visualizations: Derive Meaning from Data
By David Gerbing
USD $99.95 $79.96
May 12, 2020 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9781138599635
Hardback
250 Pages

Textual Data Science with R - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Textual Data Science with R
By Mónica Bécue-Bertaut
USD $140.00 $112.00
March 01, 2019 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9781138626911
Hardback
204 Pages

R for Political Data Science : A Practical Guide - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
R for Political Data Science: A Practical Guide
By Francisco Urdinez, Andres Cruz
USD $150.00 $120.00
November 18, 2020 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9780367818890
Hardback
460 Pages