How to Lie With Statistics, by Darrell Huff, Pictures by Ir

How to Lie With Statistics, by Darrell Huff, Pictures by Ir

Postby admin » Thu May 12, 2016 2:51 am

How to Lie With Statistics
by Darrell Huff
Pictures by Irving Geis
© 1954 by Darrell Huff and Irving Geis

NOTICE: THIS WORK MAY BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO READ THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE AT THIS LINK BEFORE YOU READ THE FOLLOWING WORK, THAT IS AVAILABLE SOLELY FOR PRIVATE STUDY, SCHOLARSHIP OR RESEARCH PURSUANT TO 17 U.S.C. SECTION 107 AND 108. IN THE EVENT THAT THE LIBRARY DETERMINES THAT UNLAWFUL COPYING OF THIS WORK HAS OCCURRED, THE LIBRARY HAS THE RIGHT TO BLOCK THE I.P. ADDRESS AT WHICH THE UNLAWFUL COPYING APPEARED TO HAVE OCCURRED. THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF COPYRIGHT OWNERS.


Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. The Sample with the Built-in Bias
• 2. The Well-Chosen Average
• 3. The Little Figures That Are Not There
• 4. Much Ado About Practically Nothing
• 5. The Gee-Whiz Graph
• 6. The One-Dimensional Picture
• 8. Post Hoc Rides Again
• 9. How to Statisticulate
• 10. How to Talk Back to a Statistic

admin
Site Admin
 
Posts: 36126
Joined: Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:21 am

Return to Miscellaneous

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests