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Darrell Huff

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Darrell Huff (July 15, 1913 – June 27, 2001) was an American writer, and is best known as the author of How to Lie with Statistics (1954), the best-selling statistics book of the second half of the twentieth century. [1]

13 relations: Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, Deaths in 2001, Gowrie, Iowa, How to Lie with Statistics, Huff (surname), Irving Geis, Liberty (general interest magazine), Lies, damned lies, and statistics, List of books about skepticism, List of mathematicians (H), List of statisticians, List of University of Iowa alumni, Misleading graph.

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Carmel-by-the-Sea, often simply called Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, United States, founded in 1902 and incorporated on October 31, 1916.

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Deaths in 2001

The following is a list of notable deaths in 2001.

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Gowrie, Iowa

Gowrie is a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States.

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How to Lie with Statistics

How to Lie with Statistics is a book written by Darrell Huff in 1954 presenting an introduction to statistics for the general reader.

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Huff (surname)

Huff is a surname.

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Irving Geis

Irving Geis (October 18, 1908 – July 22, 1997) was an American artist who worked closely with biologists.

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Liberty (general interest magazine)

Liberty was a weekly, general-interest magazine, originally priced at five cents and subtitled, "A Weekly for Everybody." It was launched in 1924 by McCormick-Patterson, the publisher until 1931, when it was taken over by Bernarr Macfadden until 1941.

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments.

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List of books about skepticism

This list of books about skepticism is a skeptic's library of works centered on scientific skepticism, religious skepticism, critical thinking, scientific literacy, and refutation of claims of the paranormal.

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List of mathematicians (H)

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List of statisticians

This list of statisticians lists people who have made notable contributions to the theories or application of statistics, or to the related fields of probability or machine learning.

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List of University of Iowa alumni

This list of University of Iowa alumni includes notable current and former students of the University of Iowa.

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Misleading graph

In statistics, a misleading graph, also known as a distorted graph, is a graph that misrepresents data, constituting a misuse of statistics and with the result that an incorrect conclusion may be derived from it.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Huff

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