Use And Abuse Of Statistics
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Numbers never lie — but the people who use them sometimes do, and W. J. Reichmann's Use and Abuse of Statistics is the essential guide to telling the difference. Written for the intelligent general reader rather than the specialist, this landmark work argues that statistical data, when misread or deliberately manipulated, can be made to support almost any conclusion imaginable — and that a well-informed public is the only true defence against such distortion. Reichmann methodically instructs readers in the fundamental principles of statistical reasoning, from the construction of graphs and averages to the interpretation of probability and sampling, exposing at every turn the subtle tricks and honest mistakes that corrupt the way numbers are communicated. Part of the celebrated Pelican Books imprint, which brought rigorous intellectual discourse to a mass readership throughout the mid-twentieth century, this volume stands as both a primer and a polemic. Reichmann's prose is lucid, authoritative, and gently sardonic — the voice of a man who has seen too many misleading charts pass for hard evidence. Decades after its first publication, the questions it raises about data, evidence, and persuasion feel more urgent than ever, leaving the reader to wonder: when you next encounter a statistic, will you know whether to trust it?
Author: W. J. Reichmann
Format: Paperback
Genre: Mathematics
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Numbers never lie — but the people who use them sometimes do, and W. J. Reichmann's Use and Abuse of Statistics is the essential guide to telling the difference. Written for the intelligent general reader rather than the specialist, this landmark work argues that statistical data, when misread or deliberately manipulated, can be made to support almost any conclusion imaginable — and that a well-informed public is the only true defence against such distortion. Reichmann methodically instructs readers in the fundamental principles of statistical reasoning, from the construction of graphs and averages to the interpretation of probability and sampling, exposing at every turn the subtle tricks and honest mistakes that corrupt the way numbers are communicated. Part of the celebrated Pelican Books imprint, which brought rigorous intellectual discourse to a mass readership throughout the mid-twentieth century, this volume stands as both a primer and a polemic. Reichmann's prose is lucid, authoritative, and gently sardonic — the voice of a man who has seen too many misleading charts pass for hard evidence. Decades after its first publication, the questions it raises about data, evidence, and persuasion feel more urgent than ever, leaving the reader to wonder: when you next encounter a statistic, will you know whether to trust it?