How to Lie with Statistics,9780393310726

How to Lie with Statistics

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780393310726
ISBN10: 0393310728
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1993-10-17
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

From distorted graphs and biased samples to misleading averages, there are countless statistical dodges that lend cover to anyone with an ax to grind or a product to sell. With abundant examples and illustrations, Darrell Huff’s lively and engaging primer clarifies the basic principles of statistics and explains how they’re used to present information in honest and not-so-honest ways. Now even more indispensable in our data-driven world than it was when first published, How to Lie with Statistics is the book that generations of readers have relied on to keep from being fooled.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. 6
Introductionp. 7
The Sample with the Built-in Biasp. 11
The Well-Chosen Averagep. 27
The Little Figures That Are Not Therep. 37
Much Ado about Practically Nothingp. 53
The Gee-Whiz Graphp. 60
The One-Dimensional Picturep. 66
The Semiattached Figurep. 74
Post Hoc Rides Againp. 87
How to Statisticulatep. 100
How to Talk Back to a Statisticp. 122
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