How to Lie with Statistics
by Darrell Huff
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“A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that?s true, that?s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that’s true, that’s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A great introduction to the use of statistics, and a great refresher for anyone who’s already well versed in it.”
Source →“A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that?s true, that?s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that’s true, that’s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A great introduction to the use of statistics, and a great refresher for anyone who’s already well versed in it.”
Source →“A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that?s true, that?s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that’s true, that’s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A great introduction to the use of statistics, and a great refresher for anyone who’s already well versed in it.”
Source →“A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that?s true, that?s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that’s true, that’s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A great introduction to the use of statistics, and a great refresher for anyone who’s already well versed in it.”
Source →“A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that?s true, that?s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that’s true, that’s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A great introduction to the use of statistics, and a great refresher for anyone who’s already well versed in it.”
Source →“A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that?s true, that?s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that’s true, that’s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A great introduction to the use of statistics, and a great refresher for anyone who’s already well versed in it.”
Source →Recommended by 8 notable people, including Bill Gates and Nat Eliason
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Recommended by 9 sources and appears in Statistics, Books Recommended by Bill Gates, and Most Recommended Books.
Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way the results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than to inform....
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“A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that?s true, that?s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things about people who want to fool you into thinking something that’s true, that’s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this. | A great introduction to the use of statistics, and a great refresher for anyone who’s already well versed in it.”
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