Gary Smith ’67
September 10, 2025Gary Smith 鈥67 published his 20th book, Exercises and Solutions in Probability and Statistics: . Two reviews:
鈥淭he problems in this book are wonderful: they’re clear, they test important concepts in statistics, and they require insight without being tricky.鈥 鈥 Andrew Gelman, Professor of Statistics and Political Science, Columbia University, Author of Active Statistics: Stories, Games, Problems
鈥淲e draw on Smith鈥檚 collection extensively in our 鈥淐alling Bullshit鈥 course on data reasoning. Perhaps I should not disclose the source of my exam questions 鈥 but if any of my students choose to seek an advantage by reading Smith鈥檚 book from cover to cover, they鈥檒l learn more by doing so than I could hope to teach them in a quarter.鈥 鈥 Carl T. Bergstrom, Professor of Biology, University of Washington, Author of Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World