Round numbers are always false*
I’ve been refreshing my knowledge of statistic recently. It’s been a while since I took my university course. Aside from a more number focused books like “Statistics in Plain English” by Timothy C. Urdan. I recently picked up “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darrell Huff.
It’s an old classic, first published in 1953 and I must say one of the most informative reads I’ve had in a long time. You may find that examples covered may be a bit outdated, but the concepts are timeless and still valid.
Well, the word has changed so much but the numbers are still “manipulated” in the same ways.
Ohh, and it also has some delightful illustrations…
Do you want to spot when you are fed misleading numbers? Then this book is for you.
*Dr Samuel Johnson – British author, linguist and lexicographer