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How to Lie with Statistics
by Darrell Huff
The 1954 classic on misleading averages, truncated graphs, biased samples and the semi-attached figure. Short, funny, still the best inoculation.
Read it if…
you want statistical self-defense in two hours.
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Skip it if…
you want modern data science.
Try instead: The Drunkard's Walk →
Three things you will actually use
- Which average?
- Check the axis.
- Who says so?
Do this first
Read the chapter on the gee-whiz graph.
Our verdict
Huff's classic.
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