| Contents |
The sample with the built-in bias -- The well-chosen average -- The little figures that are not there -- Much ado about practically nothing -- The gee-whiz graph -- The one-dimensional picture -- The semiattached figure -- Post hoc rides again -- How to statisticulate -- How to talk back to a statistic. |
| Summary |
The author 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. |
| Subjects (Topics) |
Statistics.
|
|
Manipulative behavior.
|
|
Social Sciences.
|
|
Statistics as Topic.
|
| Genres |
Statistics. |
| Additional author |
Geis, Irving, illustrator.
|
| OCLC no. (old) |
434652024 434652025 985933340 986147777 986250922 1200984585 1200991520 1200992987 1201009840 1201019359 1201569327 1201596661 1201626199 1201629595 1201812119 1201897890 1201969347 1202003614 1202008924 |
| Bib utility control no. |
zmeld2 b11549720 |
|