How to Lie with Statistics
$29.44
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
4 July 2022
Summary
How to Lie with Statistics: A Timeless Guide to Deception
A light and cheeky guide to the dark arts of statistics – and a stone cold classic of popular mathematics.
In 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 res…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140136296 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140136290 |
| Series: | Penguin Mathematics |
| Author: | Darrell Huff |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 4 July 2022 |
| Weight: | 103g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 8mm |
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More relevant than ever … a great introduction to the use of statistics – Bill GatesA 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
Darrell Huff (1913-2001) was a professional writer. He lived in Carmel, California.
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