About this title: 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.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780140213003ISBN:0140213007
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780140213003ISBN:0140213007
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780140213003ISBN:0140213007
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1973. Paperback. Number of pages: 128. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Illustrated. Corners bumped. Spine creased. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780140213003ISBN:0140213007
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1973. Paperback. Number of pages: 128. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. #8373021 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780140213003ISBN:0140213007
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1973. Paperback. Number of pages: 128. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. #8415016 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780140213003ISBN:0140213007
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1973. Paperback. Number of pages: 128. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY. #8423031 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1954. Paperback. 1 Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1954
ISBN-13:9780393094268ISBN:039309426X
Description: Good. Clean and smoke free no highlighting, rips or tears. 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. read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780393094268ISBN:039309426X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. A moderate amount of wear on Cover and interior pages. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York
Date Published: 1954
ISBN-13:9780393094268ISBN:039309426X
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. Light wear and scuffing to the wraps. Pages toned with age. Previous owners stamp to the side edge. Otherwise a clean copy. Pictures by Irving Geis. 31st printing. read more
"This is probably a great book for young people and uneducated adults, but I found the points it made to be rather obvious. A good read for people who need lessons in shrewdness."
"This book cracked me up. The actual information contained in it is all about how the media, marketeers, and others use statistics to lie. However, it was written quite awhile ago and it makes many references to pop culture events happening in the 1940s. That's what makes this book a true gem. The knowledge contained in it is priceless but with the backdrop of the historical references, it makes this book both helpful and comedic.
Despite when this was written, the same statistical manipulation that happened back then is still in use today. The day after I finished reading the book, there was a graph on the front page of the WSJ using some of the underhanded tactics mentioned in the book to try to make something seem more dramatic than it really was."
"One of the Best books I have ever read. If you understand this book, and it ain't hard, and you apply it to the statistics you come across in your life, then you will NOT be bamboozzled."
"A great Book. SOme of it is obvious. But everyone should at least understand these principles especially nowadays when every politician uses some of these tricks to present their issues in the most favorable light."
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