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How to lie with statistics
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How to lie with statistics

Author: Darrell Huff; Irving Geis
Publisher: New York : Norton, ©1954.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Darrell Huff; Irving Geis
ISBN: 0393052648 9780393052640 039309426X 9780393094268
OCLC Number: 225473
Description: 142 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: The sample with the built-in bias -- The well-chosen average -- The little figures that are not there -- Much ado about practically nothing -- The gee-whiz graph -- The one-dimensional picture -- The semiattached figure -- Post hoc rides again -- How to statisticulate -- How to talk back to a statistic.
Responsibility: by Darrell Huff ; pictures by Irving Geis.

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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
7 The Semiattached Figure
8 Post Hoc Rides Again
9 How to Statisticulate
10 How to Talk Back to a Statistic

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