false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg 51291 8 Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way the results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than to inform. Illustrated by Irving Geis. 415346 1954 How to Lie With Statistics total:283|5:79|4:86|3:92|2:23|1:3| 283 1064 503 73 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 5 1 false Thu Jun 05 01:34:55 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 01:53:06 -0700 2008
But in the billion...more...]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 4 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 15:35:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 15:35:58 -0700 2007 Amazon.com review:

"There is terror in numbers," writes Darrell Huff in How to Lie with Statistics. And nowhere does this terror translate to blind acceptance of authority more than in the slippery world of averages, correlations, graphs, and trends. ...more...]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 4 0 false Tue Nov 10 22:59:49 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 23:06:44 -0800 2009 It seems a little shallow to rate this semi-pamphlet at four stars, as one of the must-read books, but that's exactly what I'm going to do.

This book earns four stars from me simply from its concisiveness and practicality. You can churn through this beauty in one sitting. It is ente...more...]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 5 1 false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 09:52:13 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 09:58:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 537531 0393052648 9780393094268 14 6 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223663128m/537531.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/537531.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 0 0 false Wed Jul 08 20:07:10 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 20:14:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 5 0 false Thu Aug 06 20:55:30 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 20:58:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 5 1 false Sun Oct 07 17:05:12 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 12 08:30:41 -0700 2009 I'm going to say that this is one of the ten most important books I've ever read. You don't have to know anything about statistics when you start reading it, but you will know more than most Americans when you finish it.

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While I can't say the stat course I took in college made me enthusiastic about the subject, it strengthened my appreciation of the subject.

Statistically-based reason...more...]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Apr 07 06:14:08 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 06:26:20 -0700 2008
This little book (my copy is a 'little red book') is wonderfully handy for teaching about statistics. If given the choice, it would be mandatory read...more...]]> 537531 0393052648 9780393094268 14 6 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223663128m/537531.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/537531.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 10:44:17 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 10:46:04 -0800 2008
Despite i...more...]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 12 07:37:08 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 07:42:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1605929 9799023769 7 2 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1605929.Berbohong_dengan_Statistik 3 0 false Sun Jul 26 18:39:06 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 18:44:08 -0700 2009
intinya buku ini membahas soal statistik dan se...more...]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 4 0 false Sun Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Jan 28 17:56:54 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 17:57:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 5 0 false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 19:29:47 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 19:32:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 5 0 false Sun Mar 15 15:45:30 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 15:45:37 -0700 2009 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 3 0 false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 15:38:37 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 15:39:44 -0800 2008 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 4 0 false Tue Feb 25 00:00:00 -0700 1975 Wed Feb 25 19:19:18 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 19:21:49 -0800 2009 This book is funnier than you might expect, and is easy to read: you don't need to be a statistician to enjoy this.]]> 51291 0393310728 9780393310726 252 62 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170378128m/51291.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51291.How_to_Lie_With_Statistics 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Fri Apr 10 15:22:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 15:23:27 -0700 2009
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