How to Lie with Statistics

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W. W. Norton & Company, 07‏/09‏/1993 - 144 من الصفحات
If you want to outsmart a crook, learn his tricks—Darrell Huff explains exactly how in the classic How to Lie with Statistics.

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.

 

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Acknowledgments
8
The Sample with the Builtin Bias
15
The WellChosen Average
31
The Little Figures That Are Not There
39
Much Ado about Practically Nothing
57
The OneDimensional Picture
68
The Semiattached Figure
76
Post Hoc Rides Again
91
How to Statisticulate
103
How to Talk Back to a Statistic
124
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Darrell Huff lives in Carmel, California.

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