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How to lie with statistics? (Huff,1954)
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realsarm
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k310 7 hours ago
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“How to Lie with Statistics” guy worked for the tobacco industry to mock studies of the risks of smoking statistics. [0]
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https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2012/04/27/how-to-mis...
hek2sch 7 hours ago
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This type of book is the best example of classic content that never gets old. Methods change but concepts are the same.
HelloUsername 6 hours ago
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Spotify?
realsarm 7 hours ago
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Ironically he names these statical deception methods but warn that they are only for self defense.
[0] https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2012/04/27/how-to-mis...