Everyday Data Sense

Everyday Data Sense: The Unspoken Skill Behind Smart Decisions in a Data-Driven, AI-Powered World

In a world drowning in dashboards, reports, and AI-generated insights, one skill separates confident decision-makers from the rest: data common sense.

This isn't another textbook on statistics or a how-to manual for Excel and Python. Everyday Data Sense gives you the practical instincts to spot misleading metrics, ask sharper questions, and see the story behind the numbers - whether you're building the analysis yourself or making a high-stakes call based on it.

You'll learn how to:

• Catch broken charts, cherry-picked timeframes, and hidden omissions.
• See through impressive-looking totals, averages, and percentages that don't tell the real story.
• Understand how framing shapes perception without changing the data.
• Avoid chasing metrics that create the wrong behaviors.
• Recognize both the traps of small samples and the subtle risks in big data.

And because we're now in the GenAI era, this book goes further - showing you how to use AI tools like ChatGPT as your second opinion. You'll get ready-to-use prompts to stress-test numbers, reframe charts, and surface blind spots... while learning how to avoid the ways AI can mislead you.

Who it's for:

• Decision-makers who sit in data meetings but aren't sure what to ask next.
• Analysts and data professionals who want to prevent misinterpretations of their work.
• Anyone who needs to make smart calls with data when the stakes are high.