I used it to refresh my statistical cynicism

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	• How to Lie With Statistics Darrell Huff W. W. Norton & Company, 1993 - 142 pages average customer review:based on 89 reviews view larger image
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I used it to refresh my statistical cynicism

I read this book on the day before I started teaching a new class in basic statistics. While I am a veteran of teaching this class, this is somewhere on the order of my fifteenth round, it has been some time since the last one. I found the book to be an excellent personal primer for teaching the course. As an Iowan, I am in the midst of the caucus fever, today is January 3, 2008, and polls and other statistical fluff are heavy in the air. By reading this book and refreshing my statistical cynicism, I will be better able to demonstrate to the students the good, bad and the ugly of how statistics can be (mis)used.

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Still a good read!

This book is an easy read...you can get through it in one sitting. However, the first few chapters were not as clear and concise as the later ones. I would have liked to see more explanation of the 'numbers' that the author described as problematic than what was offered in the book. The possibilities of lying with statistics is just as well presented and more informative in 'How to Lie with Charts'.

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Old format

Old format and examples that have not been changed through countless reprints. Good general book for an intro. stats. class.

Life Changing Book

I purchased and read this book in 1957 at the age of 10. Forty one years later, I can say it was truly one of the most influetial books I've ever read. At the impressionable age of 10 and with a bent toward mathematics, it helped me learn how to "play" with numbers. A successful career later, I look back and wish I could thank Darrell Huff personally.

It's obviously not a text book on statistics, but it is an eye-opener for the young and hungry.

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How to Lie With Statistics

I first read this book 40 years ago and it is still an excellent source.
While the numbers are dated the concepts are still valid. The true name of this book should have been "How Not to be Lied to by Statistics"

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