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.
We are victims of our own creation! We need critical thinking classes in schools. I will most likely say shit that will offend you. GET OVER IT. FAST!
Any of you read the book "How to Lie with Statistics." by Darrell Huff?
"There is terror in numbers," writes Darrell Huff in How to Lie with Statistics. And nowhere does this terror translate to blind acceptance of authority more than in the slippery world of averages, correlations, graphs, and trends.
Practical libertarian. A good apple with just a few rotten spots. I intend to write my own obituary. Can't trust my friends and relatives not to tell the truth.
Suggested reading, "How to Lie with Statistics," written by Darrell Huff in 1954 and still true today. https://t.co/xb7ClxpjaH