{"product_id":"how-to-lie-with-statistics","title":"How to Lie with Statistics","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e'Round numbers,' pronounced Dr Johnson, 'are always false.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBut not, of course, the precise and scientific calculations of trained statisticians with their decimals and percentages. The computer, like the camera, cannot lie. Not without help anyhow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDescribing his book as 'a sort of primer in ways to use statistics to deceive', Darrell Huff goes on to introduce the beginner to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, standard or unintentional), graphs, indexes and other tools of democratic persuasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhen it was first published this now classic book was hailed as 'a splendid piece of blasphemy against the preposterous religion of our time'. Today statistics continue to baffle us, and this trenchant book remains an invaluable guide through the maze of facts and figures that is designed to make us believe anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAuthor: Darrell Huff\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amansan Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44221292085424,"sku":"","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GHS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/4176\/7344\/files\/4B92F1B8-C6AA-4F12-B518-1A1CF74DFBE6_1_102_a.jpg?v=1739926670","url":"https:\/\/amansanstore.com\/products\/how-to-lie-with-statistics","provider":"Amansan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}