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Description
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... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“The fact is that, despite its mathematical base, statistics is as much an art as it is a science”
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“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics”
First Sentence
"THE AVERAGE Yaleman, Class of '24," Time magazine noted once, commenting on something in the New York Sun, "makes $25,111 a year."
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Darrell Huff (Author)
- Irving Geis
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