Earlier this week i started to read "Outliers." Definition of outlier: 1. something that is situated away from or classed differently from a main or related body. 2. a statistical observation that is markedly different in value from the others of sample.
This book has to do with the second definition. When i first started to read the first few pages it was interesting but i as read further and further it got boring because it seemed to repeat the same things over and over again.
I read up to page 40 and up to there it explained different situations with common statistics. The observations that were made was that the more talented or successful a person is was usually born towards the beginning of the year. One of the example was a Canadian hockey team. It showed that the boys who usually were the most talented or "best" in their age rage had birthdays towards the beginning of the year. 17 out of the 25 players on the 2007 Medicine Hat Tigers hockey team had birthdays within the first four months.
The book goes on about how similar observations were made for other things.
It`s not that it is a bad book but just not interesting enough for me to keep on reading. Maybe later on i will finish this book but for now i am moving on.
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