Standard Deviations: Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics

How statistical data is used, misused, and abused every day to fool us: "A very entertaining book about a very serious problem." -Robert J. Shiller, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of Irrational Exuberance

Did you know that baseball players whose names begin with "D" are more likely to die young? That Asian Americans are most susceptible to heart attacks on the fourth day of the month? That drinking a full pot of coffee every morning adds years to your life, but one cup a ...