How to lie with statistics / [Textbook] by Darrell Huff ; illustrated by Irving Geis.
By: Huff, Darrell.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Norton, 1993Description: 144 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. cb#7.ISBN: 0393310728 (pbk.); 9780393310726 (pbk.).Subject(s): StatisticsOnline resources: Click here to access online
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.
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Textbook (electives) | BardBerlinLibrary | In the reserve, ask the librarian. (Browse shelf) | Available | |
Textbook (electives) | BardBerlinLibrary | In the reserve, ask the librarian. (Browse shelf) | Available |
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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