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Lies, damned lies and …. I was recently introduced to a slim little Penguin volume called “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darrell Huff. The book was first published in 1954... more

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    5 Stars Lies, damned lies and... 03/07/2001
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    Lies, damned lies and …. I was recently introduced to a slim little Penguin volume called “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darrell Huff. The book was first published in 1954, but has been updated a number of times since then. So how come I am enthused to write an opinion on a maths book? Basically, I loved the book. Politicians love to quote figures, most of which are real, and which always seem to support that politician’s point of view. But then, have you noticed that the opposition take the same survey and quote a completely different set of figures, which now seem to ... more

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