How to Lie with Statistics

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  Don't be misled!

  First published in 1954 (!), the book contains outdated figures for the examples. For instance, the annual salary surveyed with Yale graduates is laughingly small in today's perspective. However, the points illustrated are very likely still valid nowadays.

  "The secret language of statistics, s ... (continue)

  First published in 1954 (!), the book contains outdated figures for the examples. For instance, the annual salary surveyed with Yale graduates is laughingly small in today's perspective. However, the points illustrated are very likely still valid nowadays.

  "The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify," warns the author.

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  Taitai said on Apr 3, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  Statistics for the layman

  Although this booklet was first published over 50 years ago - and the income or demographic figures in the examples do show their age - its explanation of how to look at statistics is still valid. I totally concur in the foreword: professional statisticians deplore the misuse of statistics as hearti ... (continue)

  Although this booklet was first published over 50 years ago - and the income or demographic figures in the examples do show their age - its explanation of how to look at statistics is still valid. I totally concur in the foreword: professional statisticians deplore the misuse of statistics as heartily as anyone alive. Count me in, I'm one of them.

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  ary29 said on Jul 18, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 128 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0140213007
• ISBN-13: 9780140213003
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1973
• Also available as: Others
• In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani

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