How to Lie with Statistics
Darrell Huff
(Author)
Irving Geis
(Illustrator)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
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.
Product Details
Price
$13.95
$12.97
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
October 17, 1993
Pages
144
Dimensions
5.58 X 8.3 X 0.37 inches | 0.24 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393310726
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About the Author
Darrell Huff lives in Carmel, California.
Reviews
A hilarious exploration of mathematical mendacity.... Every time you pick it up, what happens? Bang goes another illusion!
In one short take after another, Huff picks apart the ways in which marketers use statistics, charts, graphics and other ways of presenting numbers to baffle and trick the public. The chapter "How to Talk Back to a Statistic" is a brilliant step-by-step guide to figuring out how someone is trying to deceive you with data.
A pleasantly subversive little book, guaranteed to undermine your faith in the almighty statistic.
Illustrator and author pool their considerable talents to provide light lively reading and cartoon far which will entertain, really inform, and take the wind out of many an overblown statistical sail.
In one short take after another, Huff picks apart the ways in which marketers use statistics, charts, graphics and other ways of presenting numbers to baffle and trick the public. The chapter "How to Talk Back to a Statistic" is a brilliant step-by-step guide to figuring out how someone is trying to deceive you with data.
A pleasantly subversive little book, guaranteed to undermine your faith in the almighty statistic.
Illustrator and author pool their considerable talents to provide light lively reading and cartoon far which will entertain, really inform, and take the wind out of many an overblown statistical sail.
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