MadAsAHatter
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Link to read a pdf for free:
https://www.horace.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/How-to-Lie-With-Statistics-1954-Huff.pdf
Amazon link if you want to buy the book:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728
This is a must read for pretty much everyone. It's been out for a good while and still holds up to this day. I read it back when I was taking a statistics based class in high school (or maybe freshman college) and reread it recently. It's not overly long and puts it all in prospective. It spells out how statistics can easily be manipulated by anyone with an agenda to promote their viewpoint and still technically not be false information. Seems to be a lot of that going on these days especially in the reporting from the media.
https://www.horace.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/How-to-Lie-With-Statistics-1954-Huff.pdf
Amazon link if you want to buy the book:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728
This is a must read for pretty much everyone. It's been out for a good while and still holds up to this day. I read it back when I was taking a statistics based class in high school (or maybe freshman college) and reread it recently. It's not overly long and puts it all in prospective. It spells out how statistics can easily be manipulated by anyone with an agenda to promote their viewpoint and still technically not be false information. Seems to be a lot of that going on these days especially in the reporting from the media.
