TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barker, Hugh,
TI  -  Lying numbers:  How maths and statistics are twisted and abused
SN  - 9781472143617
U1  - 510 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Robinson
KW  -  	      Mathematics -- Social aspects.     Mathematical statistics -- Social aspects.
N1  - Contents
Introduction
Lying for Beginners
The Corporate Numbers Game
Visual Distortions
Retail Trickery
When Scientists
Financiers and Other Scamsters
CONCLUSION 
	
	
N2  - A readily understandable exploration of how figures are badly reported or deliberately misrepresented everywhere from political arguments and business presentations to shopping offers
ER  -