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 results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than to inform.
My View: Brown hews to party line The Salem News One of the oldest texts still in use today is a skinny tome by Darrell Huff published in 1954 called "How to Lie With Statistics." If there is one group that needs to read this book, it's the political press corps here in Massachusetts, ... |
Letter: Featherstone 'lies' with statistics on Hansell East Oregonian I am a retired math teacher and once read a book entitled “How to Lie with Statistics.” This flyer was a good example. I will quote from the flyer and rebut. “With Bill Hansell at the reins, Umatilla County spends more tax dollars than any other county ... and more » |
THE IMPEDIMENTS STANDING IN THE WAY OF TIMELY DELIVERY OF BENEFITS U-T San Diego If the VA's eye were on the ball of its mission of serving veterans, it would not need to resort to applying the principles of “how to lie with statistics.” And the backlogs of claims and appeals and remands in the VA adjudications system for death and ... |
Morning letters: Police intrusion on Suleman a lesson to us OCRegister SAN CLEMENTE, John Knox: In 1954, Darrell Huff wrote the seminal book, “How to lie with statistics.” As the title implies, the book exposes “countless dodges” used by government and businesses which are used “to fool rather than inform”; moreover, ... and more » |
Autism and the Antarctic Ozone Hole Age of Autism Cutting off the graph is one of the most classic examples of how to lie with statistics --I first learned this trick 30 years ago from reading a book of that name. Unfortunately the same "trick" is used when portraying the decline of diseases post ... |
Yahoo! Canada Shine On (blog) | Mother's Day: Nearly half of moms don't like their gifts, survey finds Yahoo! Canada Shine On (blog) BigRatings • Toronto, Ontario • 3 days ago A great book written in 1954 still applies today; "How to Lie with Statistics". A must read. Point made: A shopping mall conducting and paying for a survey stating the best gift is a gift card. No bias here. and more » |
