Preface
The Philosophy of Numbers: What Statistics Should Be About
Why modern stats fails; Islamic epistemological alternative; re-centering morality
Draft Preface
1
Purpose-Driven Statistics: Knowledge with Morality
Rejecting objectivity; moral foundations; real vs. nominal knowledge
1A–1E
2
The Illusion of Objectivity: Why Rankings Lie
Data visualization + critique of college/global rankings
2A–2F
3
Visualizing Life Expectancy: Real-World Data without False Assumptions
Life expectancy, histograms, binning, uncertainty, ethics in reporting
3A–3D
4
Summarizing Reality: How Inflation and Prices are Misrepresented
Inflation indices, data distortion, real-world impact
4A–4F
5
Understanding Quartiles: Real Summaries for Real Data
Intro to data distribution, quartiles, and socio-economic analysis
6A–6B
📎 Appendix
Why Real Statistics Begins with Epistemology
Short essay on epistemological foundations & critique of LP
New 5-page version of Ch. 0–D