How to Lie with Statistics

How to Lie with Statistics

ISBN-10:
0393310728
ISBN-13:
9780393310726
Pub. Date:
10/17/1993
Publisher:
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
ISBN-10:
0393310728
ISBN-13:
9780393310726
Pub. Date:
10/17/1993
Publisher:
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
How to Lie with Statistics

How to Lie with Statistics

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Overview

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 results are derived from the figures,
and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than to inform.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393310726
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 10/17/1993
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 144
Sales rank: 79,819
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.21(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Darrell Huff lives in Carmel, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ..... 6
Introduction ..... 7
Chapter 1: The Sample with the Built-in Bias ..... 11
Chapter 2: The Well-Chosen Average ..... 27
Chapter 3: The Little Figures That Are Not There ..... 37
Chapter 4: Much Ado about Practically Nothing ..... 53
Chapter 5: The Gee-Whiz Graph ..... 60
Chapter 6: The One-Dimensional Picture ..... 66
Chapter 7: The Semiattached Figure ..... 74
Chapter 8: Post Hoc Rides Again ..... 87
Chapter 9: How to Statisticulate ..... 100
Chapter 10: How to Talk Back to a Statistic ..... 122
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