Why you should love statistics | Alan Smith | TED Talk

“Why you should love statistics” offers viewers insight on big data, data analysis and visualizations. In this TED Talk, data visualization expert Alan Smith explores why numeracy levels are so low in the working population and discusses why he thinks everyone should be able to understand and be inspired by numbers. From there, Smith also explores the disconnect between what we know and what we think we know about numbers to help viewers develop better mental agility and knowledge when it comes to data science, numbers and statistics.