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9780966617153

Statistics You Can't Trust

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  • ISBN13:

    9780966617153

  • ISBN10:

    0966617150

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-08-01
  • Publisher: Think Twice Pub

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Summary

Offers basic information on statistics, explaining how statistics can be manipulated to misrepresent information and influence an individual's viewpoint and opinion.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9(17)
The Last Shall Be First
17(20)
Measurements: Valid, Veiled, And Overblown
37(18)
Cheating Charts
55(26)
Accommodating Averages
81(10)
Air, Gravity, And Variation
91(14)
Puffing Up A Point With Percents
105(24)
Careless Comparisons
129(16)
Jumping To Conclusions
145(8)
Slapdash Probabilities
153(18)
The Mysterious Sampling Factory
171(20)
Relationships: Causal And Casual
191(22)
Beyond Plain As Day
213(12)
Significant Others
225(16)
Forty Awful Examples
241(19)
Glossary 260(6)
Index 266

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