基本信息·出版社：W. W. Norton & Company ·页码：142 页 ·出版日期：1993年09月 ·ISBN：0393310728 ·条形码：9780393310726 ·装帧：平装 ·正文语 ...
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基本信息·出版社：W. W. Norton & Company
·页码：142 页
·出版日期：1993年09月
·ISBN：0393310728
·条形码：9780393310726
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：统计表职责
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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.
作者简介 Darrell Huff (1913-2001) was a professional writer. He lived in Carmel, California.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 编辑推荐 Amazon.com Review "There is terror in numbers," writes Darrell Huff in
How to Lie with Statistics. And nowhere does this terror translate to blind acceptance of authority more than in the slippery world of averages, correlations, graphs, and trends. Huff sought to break through "the daze that follows the collision of statistics with the human mind" with this slim volume, first published in 1954. The book remains relevant as a wake-up call for people unaccustomed to examining the endless flow of numbers pouring from Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and everywhere else someone has an axe to grind, a point to prove, or a product to sell. "The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify," warns Huff.
Although many of the examples used in the book are charmingly dated, the cautions are timeless. Statistics are rife with opportunities for misuse, from "gee-whiz graphs" that add nonexistent drama to trends, to "results" detached from their method and meaning, to statistics' ultimate bugaboo--faulty cause-and-effect reasoning. Huff's tone is tolerant and amused, but no-nonsense. Like a lecturing father, he expects you to learn something useful from the book, and start applying it every day. Never be a sucker again, he cries!
Even if you can't find a source of demonstrable bias, allow yourself some degree of skepticism about the results as long as there is a possibility of bias somewhere. There always is.
Read How to Lie with Statistics. Whether you encounter statistics at work, at school, or in advertising, you'll remember its simple lessons. Don't be terrorized by numbers, Huff implores. "The fact is that, despite its mathematical base, statistics is as much an art as it is a science." --Therese Littleton
Review
A pleasantly subversive little book, guaranteed to undermine your faith in the almighty statistic. -- The Atlantic
This book needed to be written, and makes its points in an entertaining, highly readable manner. -- Management Review
