Lying Numbers: How Maths and Statistics Are Twisted and Abused by Hugh Barker

Lying Numbers: How Maths and Statistics Are Twisted and Abused

Hugh Barker

244 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

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A readily understandable exploration of how figures are badly reported or deliberately misrepresented everywhere from political arguments and briefings to business presentations and shopping offers.Politicians, economists, scientists, journalists ...

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