Michael A. Bailey is the Colonel William J. Walsh Professor of American Government in the Department of Government and McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. He directs Georgetown's Massive Data Institute and the McCourt School's Data Science for Public Policy Program. He is the author of several books, including Real Econometrics: The Right Tools to Answer Important Questions, Second Edition (OUP, 2019).

"Real Stats is very well written and does a superb job in making the material accessible to undergraduates with no prior exposure to statistics, while at the same time explaining concepts in a detailed manner using basic math and equations."--Besir Ceka, Davidson College

"Bailey's conversational writing style and frequent use of real-world applications make Real Stats a surprisingly easy and engaging read."--T.J. McCarthy, University of Southern California

"Real Stats is amazingly accessible to students with limited fluency in math and statistics, while also replete with cutting-edge methodological techniques. It makes learning statistics exciting and immediately relevant to real-world problems in politics and public policy."--Paasha Mahdavi, University of California, Santa Barbara