Barker, Hugh,

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.

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Mathematics -- Social aspects. Mathematical statistics -- Social aspects.

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