Hardcover, 304 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2010 by Viking Adult.
Hardcover, 304 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2010 by Viking Adult.
In the tradition of Stephen Colbert's concept of truthiness, Proofiness explores the intersection of chicanery and mathematics.
The author explores regression, false correlation, Potemkin numbers, and a variety of other sketchy techniques used to make people think that the data reflect patterns that don't exist in actuality.
How to Lie With Statistics would strike me as a readalike.