A light and cheeky guide to the dark arts of statistics -- and a stone cold classic of popular mathematics
Introduces the reader to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, standard or unintentional), graphs, indexes, and other tools of democratic persuasion.
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A light and cheeky guide to the dark arts of statistics -- and a stone cold classic of popular mathematics
Introduces the reader to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, standard or unintentional), graphs, indexes, and other tools of democratic persuasion.
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A light and cheeky guide to the dark arts of statistics -- and a stone cold classic of popular mathematicsIn 1954, Darrell Huff decided enough was enough. Fed up with politicians, advertisers and journalists using statistics to sensationalise, inflate, confuse, oversimplify and - on occasion - downright lie, he decided to shed light on their ill-informed and sneaky ways. How to Lie with Statistics is the result - the definitive and hilarious primer in the ways statistics are used to deceive.With over one and half million copies sold around the world, it has delighted generations of readers with its cheeky takes on the ins and outs of samples, averages, errors, graphs and indexes. And in the modern world of big data and misinformation, Huff remains the perfect guide through the maze of facts and figures that are designed to make us believe anything.
Critic Reviews
More relevant than ever . . . a great introduction to the use of statistics -- Bill Gates
A hilarious exploration of mathematical mendacity.... Every time you pick it up, what happens? Bang goes another illusion! New York Times
A pleasantly subversive little book guaranteed to undermine your faith in the almighty statistic Atlantic
About the Author
Darrell Huff (1913-2001) was a professional writer. He lived in Carmel, California.
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