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How to Lie with Statistics

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W. W. Norton & Company, Dec 7, 2010 - Mathematics - 144 pages

Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than to inform.

  

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User Review  - Tombom P - Goodreads

Good, reasonably entertaining introduction to the basic ideas behind statistics as used in the "popular" sphere. No serious complaints, but it doesn't particularly stand out as insightful, mostly ... Read full review

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User Review  - Bee - Goodreads

One of my favorite books now. It's hilarious and intelligent! Easy to read and apply to life. I read this book for a statistics class, and I definitely recommend it to everyone. Read full review

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Contents

Acknowledgments
8
Introduction
9
The Sample with the Builtin Bias
13
The WellChosen Average
29
The Little Figures That Are Not There
39
Much Ado about Practically Nothing
55
The GeeWhiz Graph
62
The OneDimensional Picture
68
The Semiattached Figure
76
Post Hoc Rides Again
89
How to Statisticulate
102
How to Talk Back to a Statistic
124
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About the author (2010)

Darrell Huff lives in Carmel, California.

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