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Lädt ... How to Lie with Statistics (Original 1954; 1993. Auflage)von Darrell Huff (Autor), Irving Geis (Illustrator)
Werk-InformationenHow to Lie with Statistics (Penguin Business) by Huff, Darrell New Edition (1991) von Darrell Huff (Author) (1954)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A classic text suitable for undergrads studying critical thinking. ( ) A delightful little book that teaches how to look a statistic in the eye and realize that much of the time it won't stand up to scrutiny. The last sentence in the book is by Mark Twain: "There is something fascinating about science. On gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact." Huff's short book/ long pamphlet is tandard reading before you pass the Writing Requirement at my undergrad school (Marlboro College). Unlike Strunk & White's _Elements of Style_, it is not brilliantly written. However, it amusingly and very clearly illustrates Twain's (?) quote: There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. You'll never be swayed by numbers in an article again without checking out their stats methodology. Good, reasonably entertaining introduction to the basic ideas behind statistics as used in the "popular" sphere. No serious complaints, but it doesn't particularly stand out as insightful, mostly because of a few problems: - Old, so it uses outdated terms and examples that can be confusing and sometimes insulting - I didn't understand a couple of examples at all - The use of maths is confusing - it says everything in word form instead of equations, which doesn't particularly help those with trouble with maths and for those who are good with it requires a lot of mental translation. This is a problem with 1 chapter mainly. - The last chapter is basically a recapitulation in different terms of the others. This isn't a big deal, I was just hoping for more general advice along similar lines about spotting lines - The illustrations don't really add much mostly - they aren't particularly funny or helpful, which is a shame. As it's a big market I'm being a bit more critical than I would otherwise. Summary: good book, good introduction, worth reading if you get it, but nothing extraordinary. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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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 inform. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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