Lying numbers : How maths and statistics are twisted and abused
By Hugh Barker
- 1st Ed.
- London: Robinson, c2020.
- i-xi+244p.
Contents Introduction Lying for Beginners The Corporate Numbers Game Visual Distortions Retail Trickery When Scientists Financiers and Other Scamsters CONCLUSION
A readily understandable exploration of how figures are badly reported or deliberately misrepresented everywhere from political arguments and business presentations to shopping offers.
9781472143617
Mathematics -- Social aspects. Mathematical statistics -- Social aspects.