Gary Smith ’67

September 10, 2025

Gary Smith ’67 published his 20th book, Exercises and Solutions in Probability and Statistics: https://www.garysmithn.com/books/statistics-exercises. Two reviews:

“The problems in this book are wonderful:  they’re clear, they test important concepts in statistics, and they require insight without being tricky.” — Andrew Gelman, Professor of Statistics and Political Science,  Columbia University, Author of Active Statistics: Stories, Games, Problems

“We draw on Smith’s collection extensively in our “Calling Bullshit” course on data reasoning. Perhaps I should not disclose the source of my exam questions — but if any of my students choose to seek an advantage by reading Smith’s book from cover to cover, they’ll learn more by doing so than I could hope to teach them in a quarter.” — Carl T. Bergstrom, Professor of Biology, University of Washington, Author of Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World

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